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The Iowa travel and hospitality industry, which naturally relies on people moving from place to place, was impacted to the tune of a 46.1% decline in employment as a direct result of the pandemic. …
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By Chelsea Lerud |
10/20/21 11:43 AM
In August alone, Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 208,000 people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally — an increase of 318% during the same exact time just one year …
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By Joni Ernst |
10/20/21 11:41 AM
You might be surprised to learn that the upcoming city-school election may have a bigger impact on your daily life than who is elected president, senator or governor. While races for those higher …
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By Paul Pate |
10/20/21 11:40 AM
First redistricting plan voted down
This month, legislators rejected the redistricting maps drawn up by our state’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.
I voted for the maps when the …
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By Kevin Kinney |
10/20/21 11:39 AM
Deitiology is the collection and study of postcards. It’s a hobby I fell into by accident; I was browsing through an antique store when I found a card catalog cabinet stuffed full with old …
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By Molly Roberts |
10/5/21 03:25 PM
After spending 10 years working in small community newspapers, I was named executive director of the Iowa Press Association in 1980. The IPA had a staff of four people including me. We offered our …
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By Bill Monroe |
10/5/21 03:24 PM
Earlier this year, Washington Democrats rammed through a massive, nearly $2 trillion bill full of partisan pet projects and Democratic Party wish list items under the guise of “COVID …
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By Joni Ernst |
9/29/21 01:55 PM
I’ve been thinking: As often happens when people move to a different place to live, they often find themselves worrying if they’ll be ‘happy.’ After a while they may reach a …
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By Lois Eckhardt |
9/29/21 01:53 PM
Detailed Census data released August 12 shows where Iowa’s 3.2 million residents lived as of April 1, 2020, and is available for communities down to the block level.
These population numbers …
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By Kevin Kinney |
8/24/21 03:42 PM
Before embarking on one of the most expensive journeys of a lifetime, your student should understand the complete cost to obtain the education needed for a specific career.
Why It …
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By Christine Hensley, Iowa Student Loan Board Member |
8/24/21 03:32 PM
Back in May, I was asked by the publisher if I would continue to contribute articles on a volunteer basis once my contract with the Highland CSD was completed. It was suggested that I should …
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8/17/21 03:49 PM
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) — the first female combat veteran to serve in the U.S. Senate, a veteran of the Global War on Terror, and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee …
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8/17/21 03:49 PM
Last Thursday night Iowa was the center of the baseball world nationally and probably internationally when the Chicago White Sox played the New York Yankees in a stadium in the middle of a cornfield …
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By Ron Slechta |
8/17/21 03:47 PM
There are some deep cultural divides that have grown up between the rural and urban parts of this country. Unfortunately, these divides seem to be growing deeper. Also unfortunately, Johnson County …
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By Rod Sullivan |
8/10/21 01:51 PM
I believe that we are in the most important American political period since the Civil War. States have passed enough anti-democratic legislation to forever alter our country. Those things are already …
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By Rod Sullivan |
7/27/21 04:52 PM
Only in Washington, D.C. does the word “trillion” get thrown around so often and so easily.
Under the Biden Administration, there’s a lot of bad news coming out of Washington, …
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By Joni Ernst |
7/27/21 04:51 PM
Recently I have been working on identifying and placing photos in a Blurb picture book on the trip that Helen and I took to Israel the first week of March 2020 just before the COVID-19 pandemic …
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By Ron Slechta |
7/27/21 04:50 PM
Iowa has among the slowest Internet speeds in the country, with some parts of the state having no meaningful service available at all.
The pandemic has made us even more aware of the need for all …
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7/14/21 02:34 PM
We want to thank those involved with all the local summer festivals and for working hard to make them a success. Olivia Kahler (chair of Kalona Days), Heather Trimple (chair of Wellman’s July 3 …
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By Ron Slechta |
7/14/21 11:38 AM
When I was 9 or 10, my parents decided I was physically able enough to manage the required operation of the rickety old iron pump located conveniently near the barnyard for livestock watering.
I …
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7/14/21 11:36 AM
