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Mike Streb Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 7:00 am1d ago
Here is the progressive playbook: Propose legislation for a popular program (like airport improvements). Then place the proposal in a …
Janet Smith Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 7:00 am1d ago
I hope all you who voted for our president and his corrupt advisers are happy now. He is selling us …
Mark Edwards
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 7:00 am1d ago
The legislation SF 516 to curb public lands is wrong. In 1937, Iowa led the nation in establishing state parks. …
Scott Byram
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 7:00 am1d ago
On Feb. 6, we completed our 2022 federal income tax return and mailed it to the IRS. On March 7, …
John Stiegelmeyer
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 7:00 am1d ago
So we are to think that transitioning males to females and females to males is normal? Chemical castration of males …
Rich Patterson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 7:00 am1d ago
With all the real issues in our state to work together on, it is unbelievable that legislators are choosing instead …
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David Sheff
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 6:57 am1d ago
It is all very well that the Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed the “bathroom bill.” But the real problem here …
Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2023 6:57 am1d ago
This is the tale of three refugees. Two are transgender women, one is Black. One transgender friend has decamped for …
Barbara Eckstein
Letters to the Editor Mar. 23, 2023 11:11 am4d ago
Johnson County United Nations Association wants to thank the Johnson County community (and Linn County friends) for its support of …
Kay Lammers
Letters to the Editor Mar. 22, 2023 6:00 am6d ago
Be careful what you wish for. A Des Moines Register poll found that a majority of Iowans would like a …
Karen Butler
Letters to the Editor Mar. 21, 2023 1:30 pm6d ago
I am heartbroken to see Iowa lawmakers attempt to block medically necessary and potentially lifesaving gender-affirming care for vulnerable children. …
Pat Bowen
Letters to the Editor Mar. 21, 2023 6:00 am7d ago
If Iowa Republicans were serious about protecting children, and smaller government, our public schools would be fully funded and they …
Diane Duncan-Goldsmith
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2023 6:00 am9d ago
Speaker Pat Grassley described Republican bills as “issues voters expressed concern about” such as private school scholarships and liability limits. …
William Lester
Letters to the Editor Mar. 19, 2023 6:00 am9d ago
To the Republican legislators of Iowa and Gov. Kim Reynolds: Thank you for attacking the most vulnerable in Iowa by …
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