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Be careful who you make bedfellows out of. They might still be there the morning after the election.
It turns out almost anything goes under Uncle Joe’s big cash giveaway.
Send the monsters away for good this Halloween
Iowa Democrats dabble in anti-drug propaganda ahead of the holiday
If you’ve grown weary of the bitter partisanship that has clouded the Cedar Rapids mayoral race, brace yourself for more ugliness.
More than 250 Linn County voters who requested an absentee ballot to vote in city and school elections this fall …
Democrats can be neatly packed together in Iowa’s state legislative maps, even without redrawing lines with partisan intent
“This has existed for more than one administration. It’s a problem that needs to be addressed.”
The requirement carries a hefty price tag, probably shouldered by consumers. That cost could in turn prevent lower income consumers from opening accounts.
New Iowa law is a highly politicized scare tactic heightening hysteria around the threat that never was
We’ve tried politically acceptable voluntary approaches for decades.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said police are seizing enough drugs to kill every American several times over. Is it true?
Democrats say it’s about ‘values.’
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