Language access: ‘A hard-won civil right’

As a Latino immigrant, former Limited English Proficiency (LEP) individual and now a public employee leading civil rights efforts, I know firsthand how critical language access is. Despite Executive Order 14224 (2025) and the July 14 U.S. Attorney Gene…

July 18, 2025
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Blue Angels: ‘Time to get real’

Re: “Drones better than fireworks for Fourth of July, Times readers say” (July 4, Local News): More than 70% of survey respondents prefer drone displays to fireworks. I didn’t know drone displays were an option and that Des Moines does drones instead o…

July 18, 2025
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