Gov. Kim Reynolds claims the new state logo sends the message “Iowa is the state where people can reach their …
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Deb Lechtenberg Letters to the Editor Jul. 26, 2023 6:00 am936d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds claims the new state logo sends the message “Iowa is the state where people can reach their …
Joyce Pencook Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
Out of a population of 137,710 our city council is considering downgrading a beautiful old neighborhood at the request of …
Dann Myers
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds repeatedly insists that she speaks for “all Iowans” as she continues to push through legislation that supports …
Mark Huston
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
Our Iowa GOP-dominated legislature recently passed the school voucher program that the vast majority of Iowa voters did not want. …
Renee Schultz
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
I think it’s wonderful that volunteers make the effort and take the time to clean up Iowa’s waterways every year. …
Mike Schluckebier
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
Aletha Cole’s bloviating column on July 16 — nearly 1,500 words — can be boiled down to the following: She …
Gregory Dunn
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin — finally an Iowan who represents what the majority of Iowans feel. Republicans in Iowa …
Alan Goff
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
Who are these people? And why do they want to live in the 1800s? We (sane people) are not after …
Nadean Wandling
Letters to the Editor Jul. 23, 2023 6:00 am939d ago
If Joe Biden is too old to be president, then Donald Trump is, too. He will be 80 years old …
Paul Deaton
Letters to the Editor Jul. 21, 2023 6:00 am941d ago
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe vs. Wade in 1973, I was a junior at university. I reread the …
Marion Pruitt-Jefferson
Letters to the Editor Jul. 19, 2023 6:00 am943d ago
As Iowa conservatives congratulate themselves on their “pro-life” victory by banning nearly all abortions, I would like to offer a …
Linda Boston
Letters to the Editor Jul. 18, 2023 6:00 am944d ago
We condemn human rights violations in other countries, yet we are doing no better. We are passing laws in the …
Charles Henderson
Letters to the Editor Jul. 17, 2023 6:00 am945d ago
As our school librarians and teachers pour through the books in their respective libraries, searching for “sex acts” in an …
Thomas Marshall
Letters to the Editor Jul. 17, 2023 6:00 am945d ago
The city of Cedar Rapids should not sanction a downtown squatter’s camp but maybe a discussion is warranted. Greene Square …
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