Iowa now has a road map for local governments to wind down the drug war. A Des Moines task force …
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Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Nov. 13, 2020 6:00 am1927d ago
Iowa now has a road map for local governments to wind down the drug war. A Des Moines task force …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 12, 2020 7:00 am1928d ago
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stood before reporters this week in a state flooding with COVID-19 and tossed us some paper …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Nov. 10, 2020 5:00 am1931d ago
If you want to reduce cases of police misconduct and racial bias, you can go a long way by simply …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 8, 2020 7:00 am1932d ago
So I arose on the morning after the election, after a short night’s sleep, and wrote a column arguing that …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Nov. 7, 2020 6:00 am1933d ago
With nail-biters across the country, Republicans and Democrats are looking for someone to blame for their narrow losses in the …
Staff Columnists Nov. 5, 2020 11:38 am1935d ago
Tuesday was a good night for drugs. In more ways than one, probably. As Iowans calmed their election result anxieties …
Staff Columnists Nov. 5, 2020 7:00 am1935d ago
Well, Iowa is now a bright red state. Congratulations, Republicans. The Iowa Legislature is redder. The congressional delegation is more …
Staff Columnists Nov. 3, 2020 9:01 am1937d ago
Today marks 296 days until candidates in some Iowa cities can start filing paperwork for 2021 local elections. It might …
Opinion Nov. 2, 2020 8:30 am1938d ago
Twenty-nine days of voting in Iowa come to an end Tuesday. But like the Chinese proverb that tells us a …
Opinion Nov. 2, 2020 8:00 am1938d ago
This campaign cycle started roughly 3 million years and 30 billion political ads ago, or at least it feels like …
Staff Columnists Nov. 2, 2020 7:00 am1938d ago
This year, participating in democracy feels more like a demented religious ritual than ever before. If I don’t vote, my …
Staff Columnists Nov. 2, 2020 10:58 am1938d ago
I’ve heard from quite a few Iowans who wish Gov. Kim Reynolds was up for reelection this fall, so they …
Staff Columnists Oct. 30, 2020 10:00 am1941d ago
I was at the grocery store last weekend and saw something that in more normal years would have irritated me …
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