🎧 A nationally syndicated columnist offers thoughts on several polarizing issues on the latest Utterly Moderate Podcast.
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There are politicians and commentators claim that immigrants, and unauthorized immigrants in particular, commit a lot of crime. Are these claims true? The topic is discussed in this week's episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast.
The Iowa Senate is removing reporters from the floor of the chamber to a perch upstairs. Taxpayers should know its important for them to stay close to the action.
Privatized Medicaid’s wrongful denials of care hurt Iowans. Lawmakers must investigate further — and act.
‘Love is love.” “Science is science.” Homes and offices in Washington, D.C., must display every politically correct lawn sign there is. Could it be these signs give a sense of belonging, the kind that used to be provided by organized religion? And what does “Love is love” and “Science is sci…
‘Love is love.” “Science is science.” Homes and offices in Washington, D.C., must display every politically correct lawn sign there is. Could it be these signs give a sense of belonging, the kind that used to be provided by organized religion? And what does “Love is love” and “Science is sci…
The intransigence of the ill-informed or simply stubborn cannot be allowed to override the actions of those doing the right thing.
The intransigence of the ill-informed or simply stubborn cannot be allowed to override the actions of those doing the right thing.
As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control moves to extend a federal eviction moratorium that (including its original CARES Act version) has now been in place for most of 18 months and that President Joe Biden himself concedes is “not likely to pass constitutional muster,” most of the public rh…
Unfortunately, Barack Obama was wrong when he blamed pundits for trying “to slice-and-dice our country into red states and blue states.
‘Freedom of speech is the air that any thinker breathes; it’s the fuel that ignites the fire of an intellectual’s thoughts.” Raif Badawi dared to write such things in Saudi Arabia. And he exercised his own freedom of speech, asking questions about faith and challenging extremism in that coun…
Hannah Arendt in her book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, wrote, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and …
This week's local crime and court updates from The Courier.
WAVERLY -- Trinity United Methodist Church, 1400 W. Bremer Ave., will undergo a pastoral transition in July as the Rev. Kwang Song will be appointed to serve.
WATERLOO -- Waterloo Ward 2 City Councilor Jonathan Grieder will host a constituent meeting Wednesday. The meeting will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the Waterloo Public Library. This meeting will be a continuation of the conversation around gun violence in our communit…
Abortion rights protestors gather in downtown Cedar Falls on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to end constitutional protections for abortions by overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling.
Though abortion will remain legal in Illinois, a steady influx of out-of-state patients may unleash "a massive ripple effect" that could potentially impact access.
Abortion care services in Iowa and Illinois remain legal but with the decision now left up for the states to decide, Iowa's abortion care services could be facing an uncertain future.
"We are headed down a dangerous spiral that will erode our democracy," Pritzker said.
University of Iowa law professor Todd Pettys looks at how the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could impact Iowa.
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"I think we’ve really met a once-in-a-generation 'take this job and shove it' moment."
CEDAR FALLS — It outlasted six University of Northern Iowa presidents, witnessed College Hill grow into a bustling entertainment district, and saw an untold number of neighboring businesses come and go over its more than 50 years in existence. But a pandemic ultimately sealed its fate.
The Kwik Star convenience store chain has felt the impact, said spokesperson Steve Wrobel, but he noted the company's culture has been its backbone, responsible for the chain's continued growth.
This industry is physically demanding, and can be life-threatening because of the use of heavy machinery. That’s not the only danger farmers face, however.
WATERLOO — Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash south of Denver on Friday.
WATERLOO — A federal judge has approved the guilty plea of a former nursing home employee accused of stealing a patient’s pain medicine.
WATERLOO — A teen has been charged with stealing a handgun from a home in May.
After being hired for renovation work at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, 633 Walnut St., he instead stripped copper molding and fixtures from the 111-year-old building.
Though abortion will remain legal in Illinois, a steady influx of out-of-state patients may unleash "a massive ripple effect" that could potentially impact access.
"We are headed down a dangerous spiral that will erode our democracy," Pritzker said.
Cedar Valley residents demonstrated in downtown Cedar Falls in reaction to a United States Supreme Court ruling Friday that overturned Roe v. Wade.
See the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 for 2019, the most recent year for which data is available.