Things are not going well for Iowa’s third-largest political party.
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Things are not going well for Iowa’s third-largest political party.
The number of U.S. fentanyl deaths is now greater than the total number of drug overdose deaths five years ago
Billions of federal dollars are sloshing around state and local governments through the American Rescue Plan Act.
Last week in New Delhi, Hindu worshippers waded past clouds of toxic foam in the black waters of the Yamuna …
If they’d been women of color, we probably wouldn’t know their names.
Those who are vaccinated, myself included, should consider that “doing our part” to fight COVID-19 might include listening to the concerns of our unvaccinated peers
Todd Dorman has some pitches for Hallmark to make some Christmas movies in Iowa.
As state legislators, they helped build a medical marijuana program that violates federal law.
Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates Amara Andrews and Tiffany O’Donnell were asked during a forum Tuesday night about their favorite places …
Joe Bolkcom wasn’t trying to become the marijuana guy of Iowa politics when he went to Des Moines more than 20 years ago.
So Eastern Iowa’s Republican members of Congress, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson and 2nd District Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, voted against …
The current rate of births is the lowest it has been since the 1930s and people are concerned.
People can’t be blamed for not wanting to enter a workforce that doesn’t value them as real people
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