Enrollment in Linn-Mar Community School District has increased by more than 15 percent over the last five years, standing this …
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Enrollment in Linn-Mar Community School District has increased by more than 15 percent over the last five years, standing this …
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The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone off the coast of Louisiana and Texas is now the largest ever recorded by …
Staff Editorials Aug. 10, 2017 1:04 pm3048d ago
Three years after the closure of the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo, local officials are unable to provide safe and …
Staff Editorials Aug. 7, 2017 7:30 am3051d ago
Ten years ago, more Iowans could access homes within their budgets. But the combination of stagnant wages and increased costs …
Staff Editorials Aug. 5, 2017 9:30 am3053d ago
Kirkwood Community College will ask voters in its seven-county region on Sept. 12 to renew a bond issue for the …
Staff Editorials Aug. 4, 2017 12:30 pm3054d ago
A sliver of Linn County voters decided Tuesday to keep the current representation plan for the Board of Supervisors. The …
Staff Editorials Jul. 29, 2017 8:00 am3060d ago
Sixty-nine years ago this week, President Harry Truman signed a pair of executive orders barring discrimination on the basis of …
Staff Editorials Jul. 27, 2017 8:24 am3062d ago
Higher education in Iowa is facing several significant challenges – none of which can be solved in isolation. So, it …
Staff Editorials Jul. 23, 2017 8:25 am3066d ago
Ten years ago this weekend, we weighed in on a special election to determine a representation plan for the Linn …
Staff Editorials Jul. 20, 2017 8:45 am3069d ago
Linn County this week joined the ranks of local entities from around the country pledging to meet the spirit of …
Staff Editorials Jul. 16, 2017 9:00 am3073d ago
As the smoke clears, emotions are running high and the numbers are sobering. In Cedar Rapids, the first weeks of …
Staff Editorials Jul. 15, 2017 7:00 am3074d ago
The first of many doses of bad news spawned by Iowa’s 2018 budget mess involves a cut in natural resources …
Staff Editorials Jul. 13, 2017 8:00 am3076d ago
If a new pedestrian safety ordinance was as narrowly crafted as Cedar Rapids officials claim it is, we’d be more …
Staff Editorials Jul. 9, 2017 10:59 am3080d ago
With documented violations of rules governing seclusion rooms in two of the state’s largest school districts, it’s clear such inappropriate …
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