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The Iowa City Community School District sign is seen on November 5th, 2018. (Michael Guhin/The Daily Iowan)

McComas: Steps must be taken to revamp the utilization of school-resource officers in the school system

May 1, 2019
Christine Blasey Ford takes a breath at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Melina Mara/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

McComas: As Time’s Most Influential, Christine Blasey Ford’s powerful message prevails

April 24, 2019
The Iowa Legislature gaveled in Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 to start the 2019 legislative session. Top issues Republican leadership and area legislators have identified include reducing taxes and government oversight, mental health, and felon-voting reform.

McComas: Candidates need to focus more on mental health

April 16, 2019
Beto ORourke smiles at supporters during his event in the Second Floor Ballroom of the IMU on April 7, 2019. ORourke will be running for the Democratic nomination for president.

McComas: Beto O’Rourke emerges as a viable candidate after Iowa City stop

April 10, 2019
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address in the House chamber of the State Capitol Building in Des Moines on Jan. 15, 2019. In the address, her first as an elected governor, she largely outlined bipartisan initiatives which have received widespread support.

McComas: Government of all levels has joined together to help Iowans affected by extreme flooding

March 27, 2019
The Capitol building in Des Moines is pictured on April 29, 2019.

McComas: Mental Health Education needs more grip to pull through the Iowa legislature

March 12, 2019
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address in the House chamber of the State Capitol Building in Des Moines on Jan. 15, 2019. In the address, her first as an elected governor, she largely outlined bipartisan initiatives which have received widespread support.

McComas: Iowa struggles over fetal-heartbeat bill

March 5, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.

McComas: A swarm of democratic candidates visited Iowa this month. What does it mean for their campaigns?

February 27, 2019
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, during the annual American Conservative Union CPAC conference on March 3, 2016 at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Gage Skidmore/Planet Pix/Zuma Press/TNS)

McComas: VA officials and Steve King have much in common

February 20, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence look on during a meeting with Congressional leadership including House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) in the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

McComas: Delaying the State of the Union is the right thing to do

January 31, 2019
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