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2024: The year in review

Trump lawsuit is off base

Another judge orders the City of Davenport to turn over records

Republican telework claims aren't remotely true

Joni Ernst is no budget hawk

Gaetz inquiry warrants the Full Grassley

Chuck Grassley opposed Barack Obama's recess appointments in 2012

A week later, what I've learned

Donald Trump expands footprint in Iowa's Mississippi River valley

Is Iowa, and America, ready for a change?

We are all diminished by Iowa's hunt for phantom voters

Iowa's 'suspicious' voters

New claim about non-citizens voting in Iowa raises questions

Update: Trump declares a (fake) victory over Deere & Co.

In defense of newspaper endorsements

Davenport investigation may drag out

Kim Reynolds is an exceptionally skilled politician

Deere takes its turn on Donald Trump's stage

It's time for the Office Lounge

The new Iowa Down Ballot podcast brings you up to date on big developments over the past week

The aftermath of the Harris-Trump debate is key to determining its impact

Davenport says it isn't fighting transparency, but it still resists disclosure

Along the Mississippi turns two!

Price controls: What Chuck Grassley and Kamala Harris have in common

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird meddles with voting process in other states

Iowa book ban undermines the state's mission of educating its students

What Kim Reynolds and Brenna Bird could learn from Kamala Harris

Don't be fooled by Joni Ernst's latest tax con

Here is an invitation especially for you

Kamala Harris changes the trajectory of the 2024 presidential campaign

Wouldn't you want to know if a new federal policy cost you $1,700?

What the IRS critics in Congress don't want you to know

I dissent. So would the Founders.

Joe Biden had a bad debate

I offer my thanks. And an invitation.

Miller-Meeks sullies her reputation. And ours.

Guns win. Americans lose.

Here's how deceitful politicians dodge the truth

Go beyond the headlines. Americans are interested in electric vehicles

Iowa GOP reaction to Trump verdict misses the key point

Please join the monthly Zoom meeting of the Iowa Writers' Collaborative

Iowa politicians should leave the kids alone

Brenna Bird disrespects America's legal system

New audit points to fraud potential in tax credit program for biofuels

Commonsense in a county courtroom

Biden administration gives workers a raise

Iowa politicians are still trying to teach history to your children

Two-year-old law prompts big expansion in health care and benefits for veterans

Proposed tax amendments would enshrine unfairness into Iowa's constitution

New report: Trump trade plan to cost American families $1,500 apiece.

The GOP's proposed changes to Social Security are more significant than just raising the retirement age.

Hardened hearts, and short-sightedness, at the Iowa Capitol

Judge rules in Pleasant Valley school board case

President Biden comes out fighting

Peak stonewalling in Davenport

Iowa Republicans promise a fair and balanced teaching of US history.

This is what your contributions make possible

Keeping our eye on the ball in Davenport

The fight over teaching history and civics

Republican-run Legislature is now targeting Iowa's public libraries

Iowa's great property tax freakout

Kim Reynolds thinks she knows better than border agents how to deal with illegal immigration.

A second Trump trade war, but on steroids?

Prying loose the secrets of Davenport City Hall

It's time for the Office Lounge

Iowa's legislative leaders dodge scrutiny

The no-surprise Iowa caucus

Finally, it's time for the Iowa caucuses

Ruling on Iowa book ban exposes falsity of backers' claims.