Des Moines Superintendent Thomas Ahart has been a lightning rod during the past three years over the way Iowa’s public schools have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 2021 session of the Iowa Legislature will end in a few weeks, and one big issue moving toward a final vote would make charter schools easier to create as
The Iowa Supreme Court chamber is a magnificent venue for the seven justices who referee the thorniest legal questions in our state.
The courtroom seats a few dozen spectators. Last
There is a retired businessman in western Iowa who bristles every time he reads a newspaper article from somewhere in our state about government officials who have misused their government
There have been plenty of examples that raise questions whether government boards in Iowa truly understand they work for the people, not for government officials and employees --- and that they are supposed to be looking out for the best interests of taxpayers.
The Republican Party’s state chairman said Democrats have nothing to complain about when it comes to a series of last-minute Republican bills adopted in the final days of the Iowa Legislature’s 2019 session. The Democratic Party leader disagrees, as you would expect.
The Food Marketing Institute is trying to conceal how taxpayer dollars are being spent by recipients of the Supplemental Food Assistance Program. To date it’s been an almost eight-year court battle between South Dakota's Argus Leader newspaper and USDA and FMI.
