A U.S. trip that started a 4-decade bond between Xi and his American friends
China and the United States, sharing extensive common interests and broad space for cooperation, can become partners and ...
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Former U.S. Ambassador Sally Novetzke dies
Sally Novetzke of Cedar Rapids in December 2018 holds mementos of her time as U.S. ambassador to Malta and a book of photos ...
Opinion
COMMENTARY: One thing is certain in Iowa: Someone will win
The Iowa caucuses are upon us. Hooray, whoopee and two cheers. The contests mark the official beginning of the 2016 presidential campaign, which already feels like it’s been going on for two ...
Iowa schools could start before Iowa State Fair has ended under new bill
A bill that would allow Iowa schools to start before the Iowa State Fair has ended was advanced through committee on Tuesday.
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Bill would adjust Iowa’s school start date law
The Iowa Senate Education Committee has approved a bill that would change Iowa’s limitation on when public and private ...
Prisoner whose case led to Iowa's rejection of death penalty dies in prison
Sentenced to death for killing two children in 1963, Leon Tice's sentence was commuted a month before Iowa abolished capital ...
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Republican lawmakers continue to target DEI at Iowa universities through House Higher Ed Committee
The House Higher Education Committee has honed in on standardizing general education requirements, banning schools from ...
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Prisoner whose case led to Iowa's rejection of death penalty dies in prison
Former Gov. Terry Branstad made restoring the death penalty a major part of his campaigns in 1990 and 1994, but was unable to get a bill passed in both houses of the Legislature. From 2020 ...
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BRANSTAD RETIRES FROM WORLD FOOD PRIZE
FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD HAS RETIRED AS PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE. BRANSTAD SAYS ONE OF HIS ...