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Twenty-nine days of voting in Iowa come to an end Tuesday. But like the Chinese proverb that tells us a …
This campaign cycle started roughly 3 million years and 30 billion political ads ago, or at least it feels like …
This year, participating in democracy feels more like a demented religious ritual than ever before. If I don’t vote, my …
I’ve heard from quite a few Iowans who wish Gov. Kim Reynolds was up for reelection this fall, so they …
I was at the grocery store last weekend and saw something that in more normal years would have irritated me …
We’re in the anxious homestretch toward Election Day, which ends the long 2020 campaign. It also marks the beginning of …
Brock Pierce, an independent presidential candidate on the ballot in Iowa, got his start as a child movie star in …
DES MOINES – The battle for the majority in the Iowa House is not being waged in Iowa alone. National …
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds might revive her ‘Invest in Iowa” plan next year, economy and election willing, with hopes of …
There’s a theory floating around that Democrats want to both abolish the police and take away our guns. Who would …
To hear city government officials tell it, you would hardly think there’s any need for more police accountability in Cedar …
Our top candidates for the U.S. Senate are fighting over dark money, who takes it, who colludes with it and …
Iowans saw two sides of Gov. Kim Reynolds last week – the cautious but pragmatic criminal justice reformer, and the …
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