By Joe Bolkcom, Iowa City Adam Zabner is smart, energetic and connected to our community. Adam is a product of Iowa City public schools. He will be a strong public education advocate. What impresses me the most about Adam is […]
By Heidi Galer, Iowa City I’ve known Janice Weiner since I taught her German at West High School. Over the years, first when Janice spent her senior year as an AFS exchange student in Belgium, then after she left for […]
By Don Paulson, Letts All Iowans who live in the 20 counties of the new First Congressional District should be appalled and disgusted with Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Her campaign manager, Elliott Husbands, displays a photo on his Twitter page […]
Miller-Meeks needs common sense By Paul Deaton, Solon Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ recent statement about common sense would make sense if she demonstrated it in her votes. She recently disparaged Democrats and said she was, “…doing everything in my power to […]
This March 22 marks the 50th anniversary of an important report from the Shafer Commission, a Nixon-appointed group tasked with studying marijuana and issuing policy recommendations. The group’s findings called for the decriminalization of cannabis possession in the U.S., but […]
By Tom Carsner, Iowa City All Johnson County residents suffered losses from the pandemic, but not all residents were helped by government stabilization or enhanced unemployment checks. Three Johnson County Supervisors cemented this inequality and sidetracked the discussion about ARPA […]
By Dave Bradley, West Liberty When former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley campaigned for candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks in 2020, she told a Davenport gathering Miller-Meeks will bring moral clarity to the health care reform debate in the country and fight to […]
By Ellen Ballas, Iowa City Recently we learned that twice-impeached former President Trump urged the seizure of voting machines by federal agencies hoping to overturn the 2020 election. Not one Iowa Republican criticized him, including Senator Grassley and Representatives Hinson […]
We Iowans love to talk about the weather! Not Governor Reynolds. She didn’t mention the recent off-the-charts weather disaster in her rosy Condition of the State address recently. On Dec. 15, Iowans once again experienced a set of events that […]
By Paul Deaton, Solon Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks should be consistent about where she stands on support for the military. On Jan. 12, she voted against expanding eligibility for educational benefits to our National Guard and Army Reserves in the Guard […]
Gov. Reynolds wants to starve Iowa’s safety net and, consequently, its people. In her recent Condition of the State address, Governor Kim Reynolds used her platform to kick struggling Iowans while they are down. At one point in her speech, […]
By Kent Williams, Iowa City Last weekend I visited the North Dodge Hy-Vee, the Coralville Hy-Vee. Only about half the people were wearing masks. When I’ve visited other businesses, the people working there weren’t wearing masks. At my chiropractor’s office, […]
