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Meek the press
Candidates for elected office dig in with excuses when asked to make public their personal income tax returns. Illustration produced by ChatGPT.
IOWA VOTERS HAVE SPENT this fall hearing two men who want to be the next governor call each ot...
The parking lot test — and the steel mill exception
Iowa state government officials had their running shoes on last month when they swiftly learned about and approved more than $1 billion in government incentives for a proposed steel mill in southeast Iowa. Image produced by ChatGPT.
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When government pays the bill, citizens should have a right to see it
Government of the people belongs to the people.
So, it should come as no surprise that one of their most frequent concerns is how government spends taxpayers’ money.
Those concerns took me to Davenport a few weeks ago, where I spent more...
Data center discussion deserves a bigger room
WHEN A CITY PLANS something big, it should not check driver’s licenses at the door.
That is what happened Monday night in Woodward. The City Council cancelled its regular meeting and instead held what it called a “community conversation” i...
Law enforcement protects and serves — and it should inform, too
The public hungers for facts when first responders are dispatched during emergencies. Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash
THE SCHOOL FIELD TRIP tragedy last week at Lake Macbride State Park again demonstrated the adage that a rumor can tr...
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