When a city plans something big, it should not check driver’s licenses at the door. That is what happened earlier this month in Woodward. The City Council cancelled its regular meeting on Oct. 12 and instead held what it called a “community conversation” in the Woodward-Granger High ...
Q: When is Medicare’s open enrollment season? A: More than 700,000 Iowans are enrolled in Medicare for their healthcare coverage. From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, Iowans have the opportunity to review and change their enrollment for the upcoming year in Prescription Drug plans (Part D), Medicare ...
As we near the November elections, much of the political conversation will focus on the economy, education, taxes and other issues affecting our families and communities. I would like you to consider one more question: What can we do to ensure quality health care remains available close to ...
When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers. With all of the enormous changes in this country and media since 1776, it’s noteworthy that more than 5,000 newspapers are still informing ...
As founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart, her business story “has no parallel,” said the legendary Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha. She was born in 1893 in present-day Belarus and journeyed to the United States in 1917, first to Seattle and then to Fort Dodge and then to Omaha where in ...
The Iowa Supreme Court typically opens its rulings on the state’s public-records and open-meetings laws by reciting that the cases start with a “presumption of openness.” But a new study of the court’s open-government decisions finds the presumption now wins only about half the ...
