Opinion

Editorial: Jim Leach was ‘last of a kind’
Over the holiday season, former U.S. Congressman Jim Leach died on Dec. 11 at the age of 82. He was one of the most principled elected officials and leaders in Iowa over the past half century. It is a cliché…
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