The numbers don’t lie. Iowa lawmakers will face a budget shortfall when they return to the Statehouse next month. The …
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Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Dec. 15, 2016 8:50 am3218d ago
The numbers don’t lie. Iowa lawmakers will face a budget shortfall when they return to the Statehouse next month. The …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Dec. 11, 2016 7:00 am3222d ago
During the holiday season, thoughts turn to those less fortunate. The community works together to stockpile warm clothing and nourishing …
Staff Editorials Dec. 10, 2016 12:00 am3224d ago
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as the next U.S. ambassador to China is a sound decision …
Staff Editorials Dec. 8, 2016 10:31 am3225d ago
A grand jury decision, following one day of testimony, that a Cedar Rapids Police Officer was justified in shooting a …
Staff Editorials Nov. 28, 2016 1:56 pm3235d ago
One party will control the Iowa Statehouse in January, but that doesn’t mean water-quality discussions should be one-sided. As Republican …
Staff Editorials Nov. 24, 2016 6:00 am3239d ago
Readers anxious about the possibility of having their turkey dinner tainted by politics can find hope in the quest of …
Staff Editorials Nov. 20, 2016 9:09 am3243d ago
It’s a scenario that plays out again and again, in every corner of The Corridor: a developer announces plans to …
Staff Editorials Nov. 20, 2016 9:01 am3243d ago
Republican state lawmakers preparing to take control of both the Iowa House and Senate are making noise about banning traffic …
Staff Editorials Nov. 17, 2016 1:04 am3246d ago
In the days since last Tuesday’s contentious national election, we’ve been heartened to see so many Iowans call for greater …
Staff Editorials Nov. 12, 2016 9:00 am3251d ago
Back in late September, this editorial board couldn’t come to a consensus on whether to endorse a $40 million conservation …
Staff Editorials Nov. 10, 2016 10:46 am3253d ago
A decade ago the Linn County electorate voted to expand its county Board of Supervisors from three to five members …
Staff Editorials Nov. 9, 2016 6:38 am3254d ago
The morning after Election Day finds our country bitterly divided. It finds us reeling from a dramatic end to an …
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Staff Editorials Nov. 8, 2016 6:00 am3255d ago
Staff Editorial, When this nation was founded, the idea that ordinary citizens should have the right and responsibility to elect …
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Staff Editorials Nov. 6, 2016 6:00 am3257d ago
It was 9 a.m. in California, on Jan. 20, 2001, and the inauguration was about to begin. I hadn’t voted …
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