The Trump administration announced this week it’s using a Great Depression-era program to deliver $12 billion in aid to farmers …
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Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Jul. 27, 2018 9:00 am2629d ago
The Trump administration announced this week it’s using a Great Depression-era program to deliver $12 billion in aid to farmers …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Jul. 26, 2018 8:30 am2630d ago
Local government leaders in Eastern Iowa are finding there is no simple solution to addressing human sex trafficking. Cedar Rapids, …
Staff Editorials Jul. 22, 2018 9:00 am2634d ago
Iowa’s public universities are changing. That is the inevitable outcome of persistent budget cuts handed down by the state government …
Staff Editorials Jul. 21, 2018 4:45 am2635d ago
An Iowa Department of Transportation proposal to trim the rest area program is the latest example of how residents can …
Staff Editorials Jul. 20, 2018 7:45 am2636d ago
Back in Iowa recently, former governor and current U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said farmers caught in the crossfire …
Staff Editorials Jul. 19, 2018 4:00 am2637d ago
Cedar Rapids police are taking an important step in the fight against opioid overdoses. The department is pursuing an agreement …
Staff Editorials Jul. 15, 2018 8:00 am2641d ago
Approaching two years of unified Republican control of the federal government, much is at stake in this year’s federal elections. …
Staff Editorials Jul. 14, 2018 5:00 am2642d ago
Given the benefits of open government, it isn’t too much to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take another baby …
Staff Editorials Jul. 13, 2018 8:13 am2643d ago
Cedar Rapids’ quest to gain federal funding for flood protection has been an endurance test, one among many the city …
Staff Editorials Jul. 12, 2018 5:00 am2644d ago
Iowans are bidding farewell this week to perhaps the most respected civic leader in our history. The body of former …
Staff Editorials Jul. 7, 2018 7:00 am2649d ago
When Gov. Kim Reynolds makes a promise, taxpayers rightfully expect her staff will make good on it. That hasn’t been …
Staff Editorials Jul. 6, 2018 10:00 am2650d ago
By any reasonable measure, Abraham Watkins is unfit for public service. Watkins was elected as the Van Buren County Attorney …
Staff Editorials Jul. 1, 2018 10:45 am2655d ago
Iowa’s 2018 state election match-ups are set. In just four months, Iowans will head to the polls to elect a …
Staff Editorials Jun. 30, 2018 6:00 am2656d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds says Congress needs to act on immigration, yet largely ignores a top supporter who consistently stands in …
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