Although Republican Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks voted to raise the recent debt ceiling, the legislation contained deep cuts to social safety …
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Although Republican Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks voted to raise the recent debt ceiling, the legislation contained deep cuts to social safety …
Iowans are good people, compassionate and caring. When Iowans voted, did they ask for their public schools to be starved …
That Republicans/Big Trucking pushed a law that gives “immunity from lawsuits over a certain amount,” when big rig drivers cause …
Average annual public school education costs by district vary from about $13,000 to $30,000 per pupil. It looks like a …
Is using public money for religious schools a violation of the Constitution’s separation of church and state? Seems to me …
I’m really pleased The Gazette picked Petula Dvorak‘s piece (“Are you there, God? It’s today’s teen girls,” May 8) to …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
With the new requirement that schools post online all reading materials, it’s only fair that parents who asked for this …
The Republican culture wars blew into Iowa like a derecho. Iowa lawmakers introduced more than 30 anti-education, anti-history, anti-diversity, anti-books, …
On a recent afternoon I had the pleasure of watching Spencer Tracy and Fredric March in Stanley Kramer’s 1960 tour …
It takes courage to make tough decisions. I am proud of the Cedar Rapids School Board in voting to build …
The 14th Amendment states that the debt authorized by law “shall not be questioned,” meaning no court can invalidate debt …
As a Human Services student, and mother, I understand the importance of mental health for physical and intellectual growth and …
Yes, Althea Cole and others were inconvenienced leaving Matt Walsh’s talk. She lambasted the protesters outside as if they were …
I’m a lifelong Republican, voting GOP since 1968. I wish Ron DeSantis would get the GOP nomination, but I doubt …
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