Staff Editorials

However you feel about school resource officers, this is the kind of decision that ought to be explained in an open meeting, not in private conversations among administrators.

The party in power could redraw lines to its own benefit, a tactic known as gerrymandering whereby politicians pick their voters, instead of the other way around.

Under current law, Iowa health care providers need government permission to build new facilities or expand their existing operations

This week the U.S. Department of Education announced it will investigate Iowa and four other states to determine if bans …

An overarching mandate by the government forcing all Americans to get vaccinated would be unenforceable but employers are well within their rights to make vaccination a condition of employment.

ConnectCR project seemed like a long shot, but it’s now poised to become a major destination.

Reynolds tried to skirt the political burden of running up more than a quarter-million dollars in expenses for an out-of-state project.

Recently published U.S. Census figures provide challenges and opportunities for Iowa.

City officials say they’d like the county’s help. County leaders say they’ll consider it if the city requests help. Then, nothing gets done.

Marion leaders are reluctant to move forward on instituting a citizen review board of police. We hope they reconsider.

Amid these troubling developments, Gov. Kim Reynolds and her administration seem to be operating in an alternate reality.

Iowa students will soon go back to schools and universities and the state has no serious plan to keep COVID-19 in check.