Republicans who run the Iowa House have given Iowans the weekend to consider a $1.3 billion package of tax cuts …
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Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Apr. 13, 2018 9:30 am2734d ago
Republicans who run the Iowa House have given Iowans the weekend to consider a $1.3 billion package of tax cuts …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Apr. 12, 2018 8:00 am2735d ago
Leaders of Iowa’s banks and credit unions are engaged in an intense political dispute over tax policy. The last thing …
Staff Editorials Apr. 8, 2018 8:30 am2739d ago
It’s often said nobody should go hungry in America’s breadbasket. We agree, but achieving that goal requires overcoming a long …
Staff Editorials Apr. 7, 2018 7:00 am2740d ago
Government officials, advocacy groups, editorial boards and individual Iowans will soon begin picking apart the Iowa Office of Ombudsman’s annual …
Staff Editorials Apr. 6, 2018 7:00 am2741d ago
Ron Corbett’s campaign for governor ended on Thursday. The final blow came not from voters, but from a Polk County …
Staff Editorials Apr. 5, 2018 6:30 am2742d ago
Many Americans have heard a thing or two about media conglomeration. We are aware a relatively small number of companies …
Staff Editorials Apr. 1, 2018 8:30 am2746d ago
Politicians and the public responded swiftly last week to reports of possible highway tolls across the state. With apparently few …
Staff Editorials Mar. 31, 2018 7:15 am2747d ago
The midyear budget cuts signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last week have some good, some bad and some ugly. Iowa …
Staff Editorials Mar. 30, 2018 7:30 am2748d ago
There is a misperception among elected officials that Iowans don’t need to know the specifics of what’s being done in …
Staff Editorials Mar. 29, 2018 1:33 pm2749d ago
State policymakers are failing patients in Eastern Iowa. Regulators revealed the list of five planned medical marijuana dispensaries this week. …
Staff Editorials Mar. 24, 2018 7:25 am2754d ago
Judges are grappling with how to apply firearm edicts handed down by the Iowa Legislature last year. Yet instead of …
Staff Editorials Mar. 23, 2018 7:00 am2755d ago
There’s some good news on the government transparency front. Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart and school board President John Laverty …
Staff Editorials Mar. 22, 2018 7:00 am2756d ago
The University of Iowa football team is using new technology to address one of the most pressing issues in American …
Staff Editorials Mar. 18, 2018 12:00 pm2760d ago
Safe, legal cannabis products may soon be coming to a dispensary near you. State regulators are considering applications for medical …
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