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My first reaction upon hearing that Statehouse reporters would be → Read More
We’ve tried politically acceptable voluntary approaches for decades. → Read More
California has declared war on bacon. At least that’s how our state’s Republican political leaders are describing it. → Read More
Most agreed the state is heading in the wrong direction → Read More
Sin has continued to be taxable since Gov. Nathan Kendall signed the national first → Read More
Earlier this summer, a debate emerged over the future of some art and monuments at the Iowa Statehouse. Activists rightly pointed out that some works, such as 'The Pioneer Statuary Group' in front of the Capitol and the giant 'Westward' painting inside are examples of whitewashed history, glorifying white settlement while ignoring the fate of displaced Indigenous people. → Read More
Stuck at home this holiday weekend? Socially distancing? Comforting your fireworks-rattled dog? Looking for something to pass the time? → Read More
It's been just a year since Gov. Kim Reynolds' administration set up a fake real estate office in Manhattan, hoping to lure New Yorkers to Iowa with the promise of cheap housing. → Read More
While we're waiting, and waiting, for Kim, some are looking back longingly to Tom. → Read More
Cedar Rapids City Council member Ann Poe remembers the long drive back from Council Bluffs in April 2014 after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission shot down the city's plan for a casino. No slots, no steakhouse, no dice. → Read More
Gov. Kim Reynolds strode away from the lectern Thursday morning and that was it. → Read More
Take heart, rattled Iowans, living through strife and crisis. The Iowa Legislature is back on the job. → Read More
So a record number of Iowans voted in major party primaries in Iowa last week, setting up fall races for the U.S. House and Senate. Turns out sending every Iowa voter an absentee ballot request form led more people to cast a vote. → Read More
Well, folks, it is grilling season again in the Midwest. Be sure to check the label on your favorite pork products to see how many meatpacking workers got COVID-19 at the plant that processed them. → Read More
It was one of those jarring juxtapositions that make our state's true priorities clear. → Read More
If all goes according to plan Sunday afternoon, we'll be arriving at Door 10 at Linn-Mar High School for my daughter Tess's graduation ceremony. It will be a compact group, just the graduate and four family members. → Read More
In a couple of weeks, Iowa lawmakers will be back at the Statehouse after more than two months on a pandemic pause. Non-essential workers, apparently. → Read More
Iowa's gaming parlors are closed. There's no sports betting without sports. Slots are silent. → Read More
In August 1919, the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette opined in favor of the passage of a $5 million congressional appropriation to 'investigate influenza, its cause, prevention and cure.' → Read More
Maybe you've read, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, about the resurgence of happy hour or cocktail hour among Americans looking for fun during home-sheltering. → Read More