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.

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 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.

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.