State Auditor Rob Sand is running to win the Democratic nomination for governor. But he doesn’t have to like it. …
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State Auditor Rob Sand is running to win the Democratic nomination for governor. But he doesn’t have to like it. …
The recent deportation of Pascual Pedro is a heartbreaking situation. The 20-year old former West Liberty resident and Guatemalan national, …
Linn-Mar’s school board showed some guts this past week. Board members unanimously rejected a proposal for removing all mentions of …
The GOP used to be against big bills — I still am
A couple weeks ago, one could observe Central Iowans pushing carts full of bottled water out of box stores and …
As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his …
Nitrate pollution is no longer just some nebulous concept for residents of Iowa’s largest city, and the state’s capital. For …
Less than 200 days into this administration, our longest-term international romances are at best on the rocks
When Bird gets in, she will be the Republican front-runner
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At the end of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech on the steps of the Alabama state Capitol.
Jordan Selha remembers vividly the call from his health care provider this past winter. “I had an anxiety attack. My …
Perhaps surprisingly, it was the comments of a transgender woman with which I found myself in agreement after the U.S. …
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