The Iowa state Capitol is 1.6 miles from Meredith Corp.’s downtown campus.
I measured the distance recently to get a feel for how Des Moines has changed in the three decades since the Des Moines …
My longtime colleague Dan Piller makes a tongue-in-cheek argument that he put the idea in Fred Hoiberg’s head of coaching basketball at the University of Nebraska. He could be right.
Dan is a month older …
One of my favorite movie scenes is at the end of “All the President’s Men,” Robert Redford’s 1976 movie about how Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward covered the Watergate scandal.
Just before …
“What are they smoking?” It was one day before Iowa State played Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and the question pulled me back from an insane fantasy in which I …
Iowa lawmakers are headed down a path they should not be on. The state’s largest power company, MidAmerican Energy Co., is urging the Legislature to overturn an environmentally friendly rule that’s worked for more than …
It’s time for a reality check at the Statehouse.
Less than a year after Iowa Republicans approved the most sweeping tax law rewrite in two decades, it appears that one key aspect of the new …
Recent biographies of founding fathers John Marshall and Joseph Warren provide fresh insights into the namesakes of three Central Iowa counties.
Marshall, after whom Marshall County is named, is the best known. As the fourth …
Don Wiviott has a unique perspective on agriculture that could help Iowa farmers and the planet.
That might seem strange since most of his life experiences have little to do with agriculture.
He grew up …
“I have the solution,” said a muffled voice as I walked out of the downtown library.
It was my friend K.C., buried deep inside a dark blue parka, his face barely visible beneath the insulated …
Iowa school districts are in something of a pickle. The problem involves the way they pay for new facilities and repairs to old buildings, including the installation of modern security systems.
Like anything that involves …
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