DES MOINES, IOWA (June 10, 2020) Governor Reynolds has signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The proclamation, effective at 8AM on Friday, June 12, 2020, continues to ease restrictions on businesses and extends other public measures until Thursday, June 25, 2020.  It still encourages all vulnerable Iowans, in all counties, to continue to limit their activities outside of the home.

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana

Watch and see: This debate over police brutality and accountability is about to get politicized into an election-year referendum on who should occupy the White House.

Don’t fall for it.

Every four years without fail (and usually a little earlier in each quadrennial cycle), both "major" American political parties wind up and toss the same slow, fat pitch across the public's plate:

This is the most important presidential election of our lifetimes.

Maybe even the most important presidential election ever.

You gotta vote.

And this time, just like every other time, you can't risk voting for anyone but Candidate X.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 5, 2020) — The Davenport Public Library is excited to host three virtual visits on Zoom with award-winning and best-selling creator, LeUyen Pham on Saturday, June 13. Registration is required for each session. To register, please visit https://bit.ly/leuyen-event.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 5, 2020) — The Davenport Public Library will reopen all three locations beginning Monday, June 8. Eastern and Fairmount will resume normal hours and Main will be open Monday-Tuesday, 9AM-8PM, and Wednesday-Saturday, 9AM-5:30PM. All locations will be offering limited services at this time. The Richardson Sloane Special Collections Center will remain closed to the public.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (June 4, 2020) — In a major victory for the First Amendment rights of churches to not be unfairly discriminated against in their efforts to worship in accordance with their religious beliefs, Delaware will no longer impose any mandatory COVID-19 restrictions on houses of worship beyond those that are g

Has New York Times columnist Paul Krugman become an advocate of laissez-faire? Probably not. But if he carried his observations "On the Economics of Not Dying" (May 28) to their logical conclusion, he just might.

<p>RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (June 3, 2020) &mdash; Denouncing the fact that Americans cannot even drive their cars without being enmeshed in the government&rsquo;s web of surveillance,&nbsp;<a href="https://rutherford.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f6eb78f457b7b82887b... rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">The

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 1, 2020)  Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law today:

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 1, 2020) Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced the state has received $26.2 million in federal relief to ensure education continues for students of all ages impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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