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What can we do to improve education? Do we need to improve facilities? Teachers? Methods? Leaving no child behind? It …
As a founding member of the recently formed non-partisan organization called 50/50 in 2020, I was disappointed in the Monday …
I have observed the actions and verbiage of our mayor and members of our City Council over the past months …
I read with great interest the Dec. 4 “Chew On This” article. Are these restaurant owners aware that almost 2,000 …
I read at Politico.com of the Republican mantra: “The idea of tying the doctor (reimbursement) fix to a partial health …
Guest columnist Stephen Hanisch (Dec. 3) contends that African-Americans commit crimes disproportionate to their percentage of the population. He says …
During our first accumulating snow event of the season, I witnessed something in the greater Cedar Rapids/Marion area that was …
I was dismayed to read that the Marion City Council has plans to spend $80,000 on “art” for the 35th …
I’d appreciate it if Iowans would keep up on the new gun permit law, passed by our legislators to take …
With so much negative energy in the air these days, I would like to give a word of praise to …
Here we go. City buys Crowne Plaza Hotel with the excuse that we need it to make the Taj Mahal …
National and local news media are rumbling about the inevitable cuts that we will have to endure in services to …
Regarding the Nov. 30 story titled “Agricultural loads destroying rural roads, bridges”: In 1997, I attended a lecture by a …
In the fall, there was an article in The Gazette asking if anyone still used the old-fashioned-style apple pickers. We …
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