Climate change is well underway and it’s costing us dearly in Cedar Rapids.
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Staff Editorial Opinion Sep. 24, 2021 3:49 pm1593d ago
Climate change is well underway and it’s costing us dearly in Cedar Rapids.
Staff Editorial Opinion Sep. 24, 2021 8:39 am1594d ago
Homecoming season is largely about longstanding traditions – parades, football games, marching bands, spirit days and dances, to name a …
Opinion Sep. 23, 2021 6:00 am1595d ago
To address disparities in school-based policing, administrators are recommending 14 changes to the agreement between the city and the district
Opinion Sep. 16, 2021 4:54 pm1601d ago
A federal judge this week temporarily barred the state from enforcing a law passed under cover of darkness in the …
Opinion Sep. 16, 2021 6:00 am1602d ago
The number of COVID patients in Iowa hospitals fell to double-digits this summer but has been rising since mid-July and now exceeds 500.
Opinion Sep. 11, 2021 6:00 pm1606d ago
Iowa is shortchanging its state parks, even as Iowans’ desire to get outdoors is making them more popular than ever.
Opinion Sep. 10, 2021 7:38 am1608d ago
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.
Opinion Sep. 4, 2021 6:00 am1614d ago
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.
Opinion Sep. 3, 2021 6:00 am1615d ago
Under current law, Iowa health care providers need government permission to build new facilities or expand their existing operations
Opinion Sep. 2, 2021 8:07 am1616d ago
This week the U.S. Department of Education announced it will investigate Iowa and four other states to determine if bans …
Opinion Aug. 27, 2021 3:43 pm1621d ago
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.
Opinion Aug. 27, 2021 6:00 am1622d ago
ConnectCR project seemed like a long shot, but it’s now poised to become a major destination.
Opinion Aug. 26, 2021 6:00 am1623d ago
Reynolds tried to skirt the political burden of running up more than a quarter-million dollars in expenses for an out-of-state project.
Opinion Aug. 23, 2021 4:49 pm1625d ago
Recently published U.S. Census figures provide challenges and opportunities for Iowa.
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