Farewell to Taha, who made all faiths feel welcome in Cedar Rapids:
The Mother Mosque was Taha’s pride and joy, and its promotion was his crowning achievement ...
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Cedar Rapids schools weigh start, dismissal times for next year: The Cedar Rapids school district is exploring different start and dismissal times and the impact ...
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Key FactsRob Sand opposes Kamala Harris’s 2028 presidential bid
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- In an interview released Wednesday, Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand said Harris should not run again in 2028.
- Harris has not definitively decided on another bid, but said in April that she might run in 2028.
- Sand is running against Republican Zach Lahn; a Suffolk University poll put him ahead, 48 percent to 44 percent.
- The lead was within the poll’s margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
I just described crop rotation, and that works for politicians the same way it does for corn and beans, ladies and gentlemen. Time to rotate the crops in the Capitol building.— Rob Sand, Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate, at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox
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