By Kristin Kunert — The ball has dropped and it’s a new year, when new resolutions and promises abound. With …
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By Kristin Kunert — The ball has dropped and it’s a new year, when new resolutions and promises abound. With …
By Dick Fredericks — The Jan. 2 Gazette carried a guest column by the principal of Cedar Rapids Washington High …
By Peter Thorne — This week, a committee of experts from Iowa’s Regents universities submitted its report on the impacts …
By Ralph Plagman Additional security measures at Washington High School have been accurately described in recent Gazette articles. A full-time …
By Meryl Comer and Chris Mooney — Here are two facts that might seem unrelated: 1) Most Americans cannot name …
By Keith Uhl — By application of Iowa Code 46.14.1, any individual who was born before Jan. 1, 1950, is …
Mike McCarthy — On Dec. 14, community organizers from 14 states, representing millions of homeowners, traveled to Des Moines and, …
By Kay Graber — On Dec. 7, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a “return to play” bill …
By Niles Ross — In the race for patients, among the various local hospitals, most particularly the current competition for …
William Hines — Richard, Lord Acton, a British barrister, became an adoptive Iowan over 20 years ago when he married …
By Philip K. Howard — America is choking on laws of our own making. Once a law is in place, …
By Timothy Walch — “Laura was too excited to speak. She squeezed Mary’s hand tighter and tighter, and she looked …
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