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I had a very interesting yet pleasant experience while attending the Durant vs. Danville Regional girls’ basketball game Feb. 9. I needed it after our Wildcat girls suffered such a heart-wrenching …
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Derek Sawvell, AN Editor
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2/14/19
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As we begin our fourth week of the legislative session, many topics of interest are making their way through the committee process. This involves subcommittees, testimony from the public and input …
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State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann
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2/14/19
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This week, Iowa Republicans released their plan to fundamentally alter how judges are nominated in our state. You may have heard about this in the paper or on social media, so I wanted to spend a …
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State Sen. Zach Wahls
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2/14/19
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I must begin this week with a little housekeeping. First I want to publically recognize our city workers who battled to keep the streets clear, garbage picked up etc. during the last two weeks of …
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Derek Sawvell, AN Editor
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2/6/19
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In my first column, I wrote about my top four priorities for this session. They were EMS funding, improving mental health care, education policy and funding, and combating animal cruelty. Those are …
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State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann
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2/6/19
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On Wednesday, Jan. 30, I delivered my first “point of personal privilege” (i.e., speech) on the floor of the Iowa Senate. I wanted to share the message with you — here is a slightly abridged …
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State Sen. Zach Wahls
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2/6/19
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Congratulations! You survived the late January deep freeze. If you hadn’t, you wouldn’t be reading this.
Our below-zero weather, with temperatures warmer in Antarctica than they were here, …
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Phil Roberts for the AN
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2/6/19
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The following was submitted by Dave Larson, Bennett CSD Principal/Superintendent.Bennett Community School District (CSD) will have an upcoming special election on Tuesday, Feb. 5 for Bennett School …
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1/30/19
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I begin this week with a bit of venting so please bear with me. To all activities directors and principals within the River Valley Conference (RVC), the time is NOW to revamp the RVC wrestling …
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Derek Sawvell, AN Editor
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1/30/19
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I had some good conversations and interaction at the Iowa City forums last weekend. There are always a few who want to make it political and disrupt, but the vast majority were interested in civil …
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State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann
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1/30/19
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With the first two weeks of our legislative session in the books, the General Assembly has moved past the “welcome back” phase straight into the “filing legislation” phase. Our first …
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State Sen. Zach Wahls
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1/30/19
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In a follow-up to last week's column, I wanted to note that I did end up receiving correspondence from former Wilton wrestler Eli Faison, who was recently forced to retire from the sport he loves due …
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Derek Sawvell, AN Editor
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1/23/19
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