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When Did Affordability Stop Mattering?
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Iowa Education National Rankings Continue to Decline
Iowa’s Education Ranking Falls Into the Bottom Half of States for First Time Iowa's long-standing...
How Data Centers Endanger their Community and Our Country
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Iowans Keep an Eye on Growing Screwworm Infestations
Why Iowa Farmers Are Watching the Growing Screwworm Situation in Texas and New MexicoThe recent...
Iowa Supreme Court Rules on Iowa’s Ezra Totton Scholarship
The Ezra Totton Scholarship Case Is About More Than One ScholarshipQuestions of Donor Intent and...
The Skinny
Iowa Primaries Early Voting Starts Today
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Hinson Opens Campaign with Veterans and Healthcare Messaging
Hinson unveils her first ad in Iowa’s U.S. Senate campaignHinson Opens Senate Campaign Messaging Veterans and Healthcare...
The Joys of Springtime in Iowa and the Midwest
Iowa Comes Back to Life after a Long, Cold Winter Every year, it happens almost overnight. After months of gray skies,...
Vice President JD Vance Rallies Support in Iowa for Zach Nunn
JD Vance Arrives in Iowa to Continue His “Unfortunate Outcomes” Political TourHopes that Nunn's Outcome will Be Better than...
Miller-Meeks Returns to the “Doctor” Brand
Miller-Meeks Recycles “Doctor” Brand, Will Face Harder Questions This TimeEven with Iowans suffering from healthcare...
Trump’s Wind Energy Buyoff Is a Terrible Deal for US, Taxpayers
Why Trump’s $2 billion buyoff to cancel offshore wind farms is a bad deal for American taxpayers and the US energy supply
Chuck Grassley Pushes $1 Billion Public Gift for Trump Ballroom
Iowa Families Struggle While Chuck Grassley Pledges their Tax Dollars for a BoondoggleThis editorial cartoon is not meant...