Sixty-nine years ago this week, President Harry Truman signed a pair of executive orders barring discrimination on the basis of …
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Sixty-nine years ago this week, President Harry Truman signed a pair of executive orders barring discrimination on the basis of …
Higher education in Iowa is facing several significant challenges – none of which can be solved in isolation. So, it …
Ten years ago this weekend, we weighed in on a special election to determine a representation plan for the Linn …
Linn County this week joined the ranks of local entities from around the country pledging to meet the spirit of …
As the smoke clears, emotions are running high and the numbers are sobering. In Cedar Rapids, the first weeks of …
The first of many doses of bad news spawned by Iowa’s 2018 budget mess involves a cut in natural resources …
If a new pedestrian safety ordinance was as narrowly crafted as Cedar Rapids officials claim it is, we’d be more …
With documented violations of rules governing seclusion rooms in two of the state’s largest school districts, it’s clear such inappropriate …
There always seem to be a few people who can’t play by the rules. And, unfortunately for those who gathered …
We would be remiss on this day commemorating our founders’ reaction to an unbreachable divide if we did not issue …
Cedar Rapids’ $5 million pledge in support of the construction of a pedestrian bridge and transformation of Cedar Lake into …
For more than seven years Republicans have claimed the Affordable Care Act was developed and passed by Democrats alone under …
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett is now officially a Republican candidate for governor. Any clear-eyed political assessment would show his …
Welcome to Cedar Rapids, Mr. President. The last time you visited us, you were a candidate for the presidency. Now, …
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