The Iowa Legislature is hellbent on transferring water quality protection programs from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2011 11:50 am5300d ago
The Iowa Legislature is hellbent on transferring water quality protection programs from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2011 11:49 am5300d ago
Having worked in union offices for more than 30 years, I have my own perspective. Unions indeed have health and …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2011 11:48 am5300d ago
Iowa tax officials are working with other states to coerce more out-of-state Internet retailers to collect Iowa sales tax on …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 28, 2011 11:47 am5300d ago
A recent letter writer (Cynthia Malone, March 17) suggested a compromise for same-sex couples: domestic partnership for them, marriage for …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2011 9:22 am5301d ago
When I was 65, I had to go on Medicare Part A and since I was not drawing Social Security, …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2011 9:21 am5301d ago
It has been a year since the Patient Protection and Affordable CareAct was signed into law. Now is an appropriate …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2011 9:13 am5301d ago
As a physician in Cedar Rapids, I want our lawmakers to adopt a bill in the Iowa Legislature that would …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2011 12:59 am5301d ago
Attending the March 19 performance of Verdi’s Requiem by Orchestra Iowa, I was most impressed by the beauty and warmth …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2011 9:17 am5302d ago
Iowa City is lucky to have the University of Iowa Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence, one of …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2011 9:16 am5302d ago
I have enjoyed reading many splendid tributes to Don Canney, former Cedar Rapids mayor over four decades. Each testimonial wisely …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2011 9:15 am5302d ago
The Iowa House has already approved H.F. 589, which would outlaw undercover video of any inhumane treatment at an Iowa …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2011 9:14 am5302d ago
If you were lucky enough to attend the Eastern Iowa Figure Skating show at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2011 9:07 am5302d ago
Fellow teachers, in case you missed it, there was a great timesaving tip in a letter in this space March …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2011 11:42 am5303d ago
The magic word in Cynthia Malone’s March 17 letter (“Compromise for same-sex couples”) should be “choice.” Heterosexual couples have the …
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