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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 …
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 …
Majority lawmakers, tragically, have missed the most important point regarding gun rights. The Second Amendment is based on the need …
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