Adam Sullivan

Iowans get ballot envy watching drug reform measures pass in other states.

Indira Sheumaker will be just one vote on the Des Moines City Council. The consensus even among reform-minded elected officials is strongly in favor of increasing police funding.

Be careful who you make bedfellows out of. They might still be there the morning after the election.

It turns out almost anything goes under Uncle Joe’s big cash giveaway.

Iowa Democrats dabble in anti-drug propaganda ahead of the holiday

Democrats can be neatly packed together in Iowa’s state legislative maps, even without redrawing lines with partisan intent

“This has existed for more than one administration. It’s a problem that needs to be addressed.”

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said police are seizing enough drugs to kill every American several times over. Is it true?

Democrats say it’s about ‘values.’

Former President Donald Trump and his Republican toadies have short memories.

Trade wars still are a really bad idea. The main thing that’s changed is we’re not outraged by it anymore, for some reason.

Writes Adam Sullivan: In my work for The Gazette’s opinion page, I like to take note of what I call wholesome letters. They are letters to the editor that take a positive tone, or at least don’t fixate on divisive partisan issues, as many of our letters do.

After a few months of discussion over school resource officers in Cedar Rapids, we still do not have a clear answer to this simple question.

Several local candidates will win elections in November without having to talk to a single voter.

The state government’s Test Iowa system is too slow. And the federal government refuses to authorize more at-home tests.