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When classes begin in August, a southeast Iowa public school district will be among the first in the country to …
Just before the holiday weekend, Gov. Terry Branstad used his veto authority to reject a number of legislative expenditures, including …
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It may have looked risky at the time, but 30-plus years later, it seems that forward-thinking investment has paid off. …
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It’s been just a couple of weeks since the Iowa Legislature adjourned its 2015 session, which ran more than a …
Sustaining necessary mental health services in our rural areas isn’t a new challenge. But it’s one that deserves renewed attention, …
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A simple question, posed nearly two decades ago, started it all. George Lake, serving as director of a then-newly established Buchanan …
After years of focusing much of their economic development energy recruiting traditional targets, manufacturing, high-tech, financial services and other sectors, …
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