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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...
Trump Attacks Fed Overruns As Ballroom Costs Explode
Trump Attacks Fed Renovation Costs as Republicans Back Ballooning Ballroom SpendingThis editorial...
Chuck Grassley Pushes $1 Billion Public Gift for Trump Ballroom
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GOP Candidates Lean on Ideology as Policy Needs Persist
GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Lean on Ideology as Iowans' Needs PersistIdeological generalization...
Sand Puts Policy Front and Center in Governor’s Race
News Flash: An Iowa Gubernatorial Candidate Makes Serious Policy ProposalsRob Sand Unveils a...
The Skinny
Conservationists Sue NEW Cooperative for Massive Iowa Fish Kill
Conservation group sues cooperative over massive fertilizer spill that killed 750,000 fish A conservation group has filed a...
Prop 12, “Hogwash,” and the Limits of One-Sided Arguments
In a recently published editorial opinion, Sen. Chuck Grassley dismissed California’s Proposition 12 as “hogwash,” and a...
Pipeline Opponents to Senate: Quit Horsing Around
Pipeline Opponents Call for Senate to Stop ‘Horsing Around’ on Eminent DomainCynthia Hansen, left, a Shelby County...
Editorial: “Write Nothing You Wouldn’t Want Iowans to Read”
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Iowa Representative Targets Drake University with Baseless Claims
Iowa House Higher Ed chair raises vague “security concerns” over Drake’s routine academic partnerships The chair of the...
Republicans Acknowledge Pain from the Big Beautiful Bill
Facing Medicaid shortfall, Iowa GOP offers temporary tax patch while costs shift to families Republicans acknowledge pain...