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Iowa families are struggling. For too long, Iowa has been marketed as a great place to raise a family, when …
In a legislative season characterized by a sickening barrage of anti-LGBTQ proposals, reason and decency prevailed for at least one …
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, misinformation is spreading faster than the virus itself. A World Health Organization brief published last month …
Education and other programs will take a big hit if the Governor’s tax bill becomes law. That bill would increase …
We applaud the Cedar Rapids City Council – and the dogged activists who pushed it to action – for approving …
Nearly one in eight Iowans lives in poverty. Despite Iowa’s low unemployment rate, many Iowans work at low-paying jobs without …
We’ve passed the six week mark of the Iowa Legislature’s 2020 session and the first so-called ‘funnel” deadline paring down …
Deputies of the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office released a statement last week claiming no confidence in County Attorney Jeff Renander, …
From Toledo, Eldora and now Glenwood, Iowa has consistently failed its most vulnerable citizens. In Toledo, after reports of egregious …
You’d think state lawmakers would be eager to address a crime affecting thousands of Iowans and robbing them of hundreds …
Iowa Republicans presented an interesting debate about sales taxes with their proposal to give Iowans a tax holiday for firearm …
This week, the state Ombudsman’s Office released its report investigating the death of Natalie Finn. Finn was a 16-year-old who …
The first bill passed by the Iowa Senate this year includes $20 million for flood relief as parts of western …
In her condition of the state speech, Gov. Kim Reynolds asked us to envision a better Iowa, one that ‘looks …
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