Out of over 100,000 deportations carried out since President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration — a tiny fraction of the …
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Out of over 100,000 deportations carried out since President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration — a tiny fraction of the …
Most presidents faced with a natural disaster try to make the situation better. They declare presidential disasters in the stricken …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ announcement that she won’t run again was a surprise. It would be just as surprising if Republican …
In October 2017, a friend of mine who worked in the Secretary of State’s office at the time told me …
“When systems are designed only for students who follow a typical path, we all lose out on the brilliance and …
A few weeks ago, I spent an hour speaking to a high school Women’s History Class in a place where …
‘Big Kim Energy’ will endure
So, next year Iowa will elect a new governor. This was unexpected. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced in a video this …
Gov. Kim Reynolds likes to say Iowa was DOGE before DOGE was a thing. Maybe it will become our new …
I recently received a notice of proposed rate increase from MidAmerican Energy. I’m sure quite a few of us in …
Our national memory is shorter than the first verse of the Star-Spangled banner, and that’s bad news if you’re trying …
(The editorial has been changed to clarify a new middle school is estimated to cost $104 million.) The Cedar Rapids …
Editorial Fellow | Chris Espersen “I’ve never seen him so happy,” Christina Fernández-Morrow describes life for her dad back in …
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