Staff Editorials

Rural leaders from across the nation will converge in Washington, D.C., this week for the fourth annual Rural Assembly. During …

Back in 2013, Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bipartisan deal to expand Iowa’s Medicaid program while praising the ‘cooperative environment” …

As the saying goes, the first step is always the hardest. In the case of the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers’ …

We believe the Cedar Rapids School Board could use an infusion of new blood. District voters who cast ballots will …

Four seats are on the ballot Sept. 8 when voters in the fast-growing Linn-Mar head to the polls. Seven candidates …

This week, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission ruled that it was ‘allowable, allocable and reasonable” for former Iowa Secretary of …

Voters in the Iowa City school district have a tough task ahead of them early next month, when they will …

This spring’s outbreak of bird flu infected millions of chickens and turkeys in Iowa, had an economic impact of about …

Depending on who you ask, The Iowa State Fair should be one of 30 items on every Midwesterner’s list of …

The city of Cedar Rapids, in our view, should have picked compromise over court. At issue are the city’s automated …

Now that the state’s builders are off the hook for replacing topsoil on building sites whenever they decide it’s ‘infeasible,” …

Frankly, we had our doubts. Following a ‘squealing” U.S. Senate campaign that was remarkable even in today’s political landscape for …