Will we ever learn?
- Tuesday, Nov 4 2025
- Connie Ryan
- 0 Comments
Thoughts on Randy Feenstra's weird, weak campaign rollout
- Sunday, Nov 2 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
Ongoing government shutdown threatens health care system
- Saturday, Nov 1 2025
- Emily Boevers
- 1 Comment
Beer, trivia, and ballots: How Iowa's youth can take back democracy
- Saturday, Nov 1 2025
- Lexi Farber
- 5 Comments
I was torn on the Des Moines school bond. Why I voted yes
- Friday, Oct 31 2025
- Jessica Vanden Berg
- 0 Comments
Save Social Security before it's too late
- Friday, Oct 31 2025
- Joe Bolkcom
- 3 Comments
GOP ideology threatens U.S. leadership in science, technology
- Friday, Oct 31 2025
- Rick Morain
- 2 Comments
Who's pulling the strings? Seven groups shaping Trump's second term
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- Steve Corbin
- 3 Comments
Iowa, medical cannabis, and federalism
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- carl
- 0 Comments
Iowa Regents should remember board's freedom of expression policy
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- Randy Evans
- 3 Comments
Retired Iowa doctor: Overpopulation threatens humanity
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- Steve Dunn
- 1 Comment
Iowa's ruling party bluffing its way through budget mess
- Wednesday, Oct 29 2025
- Ed Tibbetts
- 2 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Witch hazel
- Wednesday, Oct 29 2025
- Beth Lynch
- 1 Comment
Busting five myths about IPERS
- Wednesday, Oct 29 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 5 Comments
Jennifer Konfrst believed in me before I believed in myself
- Tuesday, Oct 28 2025
- Jazlin Coley
- 2 Comments
Why this Republican is supporting Zach Wahls for U.S. Senate
- Tuesday, Oct 28 2025
- Gary Berkland
- 4 Comments
Iowa Republicans chose shutdown over affordable health care
- Monday, Oct 27 2025
- Abigail Paxton
- 2 Comments
Eight classic Claire Celsi moments in the Iowa Senate
- Sunday, Oct 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 3 Comments
Legislators, honor Claire Celsi's memory by taking action
- Saturday, Oct 25 2025
- John Hale
- 2 Comments
Action needed to save the birds and the bees
- Saturday, Oct 25 2025
- Kurt Meyer
- 9 Comments
Congress should work as hard as federal employees going without pay
- Friday, Oct 24 2025
- Rick Morain
- 0 Comments
Lawsuits highlight differing applications of teachers' rights
- Friday, Oct 24 2025
- Randy Evans
- 8 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Blue sage, the bumblebee key
- Wednesday, Oct 22 2025
- Diane Porter
- 1 Comment
"We Can Do Better" shows path for conservation movement
- Wednesday, Oct 22 2025
- Charles Bruner
- 9 Comments
The Elders of No Kings
- Tuesday, Oct 21 2025
- Dan Piller
- 5 Comments
No Kings rallies were an important exercise in "gradually"
- Monday, Oct 20 2025
- Bill Bumgarner
- 3 Comments
The joy of resistance: A gallery of No Kings signs from Iowa
- Sunday, Oct 19 2025
- Laura Belin
- 10 Comments
Anti-LGBTQ laws were never about "protecting children"
- Saturday, Oct 18 2025
- Gordie Felger
- 5 Comments
Improved water quality in Iowa: Now or never?
- Friday, Oct 17 2025
- Pam Mackey Taylor
- 4 Comments
Tax cuts, tariffs, and deadlock
- Friday, Oct 17 2025
- Al Charlson
- 2 Comments
Panel predicts 9% drop in Iowa state tax revenue in current fiscal year
- Friday, Oct 17 2025
- Robin Opsahl
- 4 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Emily Bredthauer
- 1 Comment
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Gerald Ott
- 6 Comments
Before Musk: The first trillionaire of Timbuktu
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Wayne Ford
- 1 Comment
Getting a deal done
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 5 Comments
Is Randy Feenstra planning to float tax credit for homeschoolers?
- Tuesday, Oct 14 2025
- Laura Belin
- 11 Comments
I tried to talk to Joni Ernst about Medicaid. She didn't listen
- Monday, Oct 13 2025
- Tara Guion
- 1 Comment
Polls test impact of superintendent's arrest on Iowa Senate race
- Monday, Oct 13 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
How low will Grassley go in his silence about Trump?
- Sunday, Oct 12 2025
- Herb Strentz
- 5 Comments
Laehn launches Senate bid with two-count "indictment" of Congress
- Sunday, Oct 12 2025
- Laura Belin
- 4 Comments
Ag Secretary Rollins turns USDA into partisan tool for Republicans
- Saturday, Oct 11 2025
- Matt Russell
- 5 Comments
The theft of history
- Friday, Oct 10 2025
- Marian Wilson Kimber
- 4 Comments
Preserve farmland and hold Polk County supervisors accountable
- Friday, Oct 10 2025
- Sondra Feldstein
- 2 Comments
Toddlers know, so why can't school officials learn?
- Thursday, Oct 9 2025
- Randy Evans
- 7 Comments
Poll testing how Ian Roberts arrest could affect DMPS bond vote
- Thursday, Oct 9 2025
- Laura Belin
- 7 Comments
Beth Macy, author of 'Dopesick' and 'Paper Girl,' coming to Des Moines
- Thursday, Oct 9 2025
- Douglas Burns
- 4 Comments
Johnston's unified front for public education: Davidson, Schippers, Smith
- Thursday, Oct 9 2025
- Deb Hansen
- 5 Comments
ICE robbed more from our community than a public servant
- Wednesday, Oct 8 2025
- Jason Benell
- 2 Comments
Autumn on a small northwest Iowa prairie remnant
- Wednesday, Oct 8 2025
- Prairie Painter
- 2 Comments
What I learned from Claire Celsi
- Tuesday, Oct 7 2025
- Josh Hughes
- 0 Comments
Iowa needs a Farm Bill geared toward conservation
- Monday, Oct 6 2025
- John Gilbert
- 4 Comments
Many Iowans can't get COVID boosters. Kim Reynolds isn't helping
- Sunday, Oct 5 2025
- Laura Belin
- 4 Comments
Trouble in River City, 2025 edition
- Saturday, Oct 4 2025
- Channing Dutton
- 10 Comments
Leaving more questions than answers educates no one
- Friday, Oct 3 2025
- Randy Evans
- 8 Comments
Quick fixes don't solve difficult problems
- Friday, Oct 3 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 3 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Spatterdock (Yellow pond-lily)
- Wednesday, Oct 1 2025
- Katie Byerly
- 1 Comment
Fact-checking the Dr. Ian Roberts situation
- Wednesday, Oct 1 2025
- AdamJShriver
- 22 Comments
Ian Roberts resigns as Des Moines superintendent, lawyer says
- Tuesday, Sep 30 2025
- Robin Opsahl
- 3 Comments
We’re upset about Dr. Roberts' detention—for good reason
- Monday, Sep 29 2025
- Jenny Turner
- 8 Comments
Board puts DSM superintendent on leave, decries "misinformation"
- Saturday, Sep 27 2025
- Laura Belin
- 10 Comments
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
- Friday, Sep 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 6 Comments
Previewing the special election in Iowa House district 7
- Thursday, Sep 25 2025
- Laura Belin
- 3 Comments
Iowans in Congress choosing shutdown over extending affordable health care
- Thursday, Sep 25 2025
- Sue Dinsdale
- 3 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Winged loosestrife
- Wednesday, Sep 24 2025
- Diane Porter
- 1 Comment
This time, the government shutdown may happen
- Wednesday, Sep 24 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
Jill Shudak: A fighter for the underdog, the leader Council Bluffs deserves
- Tuesday, Sep 23 2025
- Lisa Lima
- 2 Comments
How Iowa's public school funding affects property taxes on farmland
- Monday, Sep 22 2025
- Al Charlson
- 1 Comment
The sun also sets—but solar batteries are changing that
- Sunday, Sep 21 2025
- Chuck Isenhart
- 3 Comments
Rob Sand leads with faith. That's a dead end for Democrats
- Sunday, Sep 21 2025
- Jason Benell
- 3 Comments
Satanic Temple honors Paradise Lost in "nice place to sit and read a book"
- Saturday, Sep 20 2025
- Dave Leshtz
- 2 Comments
FDR, Margaret Chase Smith, and others warned us about Trump
- Friday, Sep 19 2025
- Herb Strentz
- 1 Comment
Someone is testing messages about Randy Feenstra and Rob Sand
- Thursday, Sep 18 2025
- Laura Belin
- 10 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Rough blazing star and its visitors
- Wednesday, Sep 17 2025
- Diane Porter
- 3 Comments
I took on the Reynolds administration and won
- Wednesday, Sep 17 2025
- Adam Zabner
- 4 Comments
On gender-affirming care and respect
- Wednesday, Sep 17 2025
- Edward Kelly Jr.
- 1 Comment
Catelin Drey "perhaps unjustly optimistic" about Iowa Senate work
- Tuesday, Sep 16 2025
- Laura Belin
- 6 Comments
My Charlie Kirk story: How I was introduced to Turning Point USA
- Monday, Sep 15 2025
- Kira Barker
- 2 Comments
Classes are full of students, but some are missing teachers
- Monday, Sep 15 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 4 Comments
ICE detained, deported two Iowa workers without due process
- Sunday, Sep 14 2025
- Catherine Ross
- 5 Comments
Van Hollen to Democrats: "We need to fight for something"
- Saturday, Sep 13 2025
- Laura Belin
- 3 Comments
Jennifer Konfrst has the leadership, courage we need in Congress
- Friday, Sep 12 2025
- Rose Mary Pratt
- 1 Comment
Why I am an atheist (activist)
- Friday, Sep 12 2025
- Jason Benell
- 3 Comments
Why does Congress even bother to debate an annual budget?
- Friday, Sep 12 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
The "mindless menace of violence"
- Wednesday, Sep 10 2025
- Bill Bumgarner
- 11 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Mullein Foxglove
- Wednesday, Sep 10 2025
- Kenny Slocum
- 1 Comment
Two people, one newscast, zero excuses
- Tuesday, Sep 9 2025
- Dave Busiek
- 4 Comments
Ashley Hinson's Senate rollout: Short-term success, long-term risks
- Sunday, Sep 7 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
Guard deployment raises old question: Who really governs Washington?
- Saturday, Sep 6 2025
- Wayne Ford
- 2 Comments
Scouts' Dishonor: An American institution battles sexual abuse
- Friday, Sep 5 2025
- Kurt Meyer
- 4 Comments
What I learned the first three months campaigning for governor
- Thursday, Sep 4 2025
- Julie Stauch
- 10 Comments
The No Kings Act should be the law of the land
- Thursday, Sep 4 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
On the road in search of northwest Iowa's prairie cemeteries
- Wednesday, Sep 3 2025
- James Enright
- 2 Comments
Supreme Court must check executive power, protect rights and freedoms
- Wednesday, Sep 3 2025
- Sandy Peterson
- 3 Comments
Democrats need to hold their ground, maintain Iowa caucus tradition
- Wednesday, Sep 3 2025
- Todd Prichard
- 7 Comments
Why I'm running for Cedar Rapids City Council
- Tuesday, Sep 2 2025
- Sam Wilson
- 5 Comments
Ranking the best and worst U.S. presidential cabinets
- Tuesday, Sep 2 2025
- Steve Corbin
- 4 Comments
For public safety, time for "more light, less darkness"
- Monday, Sep 1 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
Iowa Democrats need to give up on holding caucuses
- Monday, Sep 1 2025
- Rod Sullivan
- 9 Comments
America's message to the world: We're so very sorry
- Sunday, Aug 31 2025
- Dean Lerner
- 1 Comment