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I have been committed to service and public education since I was a teenager and my classmates and I had …
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In 2025, Johnson County law enforcement agencies have already responded to over 1,000 domestic …
A remarkably small percentage of Gazette readers look forward to sleeping while cuddling a chimpanzee. Not humans behaving like chimpanzees. …
Movement is powerful. It fuels our bodies, sharpens our minds, and strengthens our communities. Yet across Iowa, too many of …
This U.N. Day, Oct. 24, marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. There are many reasons to celebrate the …
I’m Amy Hospodarsky, and I’m running for Iowa City Council in District B. I’m running because I believe local government …
When I started on the council three and a half years ago, we were still in the middle of a …
Republicans in Congress have spent years campaigning against the Affordable Care Act. Yet a new national report shows that the …
Iowa was bombed by Japan. How is it possible? Iowa is an inland state, 1,500 miles from the coast. How …
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Jewish Iowans built the state’s first synagogues not in isolation but with the …
With the passing of State Sen. Claire Celsi, Iowa has lost the elected official who cared the most and worked …
As a cancer survivor (prostate and CLL), I never heard the word carcinogen in doctors’ offices. The cancer community does …
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