Regardless of lawmakers’ intent when casting aside federal funding to create a state-run family planning program, transparency and accuracy remained …
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Regardless of lawmakers’ intent when casting aside federal funding to create a state-run family planning program, transparency and accuracy remained …
Iowa lawmakers shouldn’t reinstate the death penalty, or waste time discussing it. Proponents insist the death penalty is needed as …
Patients often receive medical care without ever thinking to ask how much it costs. Patients who do ask sometimes find …
America’s rivers have waited long enough. Inland waterways like the Mississippi River are a crucial piece of the nation’s transportation …
State residents and lawmakers were offered two exceptional – and exceptionally poignant – speeches this week to mark the start …
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is embarking on a 99-county campaign to educate voters on the state’s new voter …
Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her policy agenda for the new year during Tuesday’s Condition of the State address. Iowans have …
Iowa’s Legislature returns to the Statehouse Monday, and Gov. Kim Reynolds will stand before a reconvened 87th General Assembly on …
Collection agency letters distributed just days before Christmas didn’t bolster the city of Cedar Rapids’ argument that its automated traffic …
When state revenues slide, lawmakers sometimes turn to sin. And we’re talking about taxation, not confession. Last month, a coalition …
Linn County is moving forward with a major new building project, but nobody can say how much it will cost …
Arbitrary or not, annual closure of the calendar evokes reflection on what has past and hope for what may lie …
In the case of a former Postville meatpacking executive, political clout appears to have once again thwarted justice. While the …
Iowa made important progress in the latest national report on homelessness, but pressing concerns remain. The Department of Housing and …
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