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Margaret Stephen Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2022 6:00 am1096d ago
As a retired union member I know first hand how unions protect workers rights. For too long, the power and …
Ellen Ballas Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2022 6:00 am1096d ago
Americans want better wages that Democrats are fighting for. We support universal health care, Social Security and Medicare which is …
John Freese
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2022 7:00 am1097d ago
Joe Biden has been pushing for this outrageous plan that transfers student loan debt onto the backs of taxpayers. Those …
Mark Conzett
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2022 6:45 am1097d ago
Edmund Burke said “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Perhaps it …
Garry Klein
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2022 6:30 am1097d ago
Leave it to very senior Sen. Chuck Grassley to attack Mike Franken for supposedly dissing rural Iowans. Mike Franken is …
Eileen McDermott
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2022 6:15 am1097d ago
Why is Cedar Rapids and Linn County allowing all these junk properties all over town? Some of them look like …
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Leslie Carpenter
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2022 6:00 am1097d ago
Where is Rep. Ashley Hinson’s outrage now? The Dept. of Justice continues to provide information about classified government documents stored …
Steve Patton
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2022 6:00 am1097d ago
President Biden skipped some elementary math classes. He can’t add, subtract, or multiply. All he can do is divide. Steve …
Ed Wasserman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2022 7:00 am1098d ago
From his website we read: “As the 65th Governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves continues to build on his strong record …
Gary Ellis
Letters to the Editor Sep. 9, 2022 6:00 am1099d ago
The Biden Admin wants to fix college student debt by making it worse. The underlying cause of student debt is …
Elizabeth Belden
Letters to the Editor Sep. 8, 2022 6:00 am1100d ago
When we vote on Nov. 8 we will be expressing our support for candidates running for local, county, state, and …
Trish Kate Varnum
Letters to the Editor Sep. 7, 2022 6:00 am1101d ago
Progress is an incredible thing. Gallup Research recently found that 71 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage — an astonishing …
Shirley Deck
Letters to the Editor Sep. 6, 2022 8:31 am1102d ago
Driving around Iowa seeing Grassley yard signs leads me to wonder how a candidate so destructive to our country can …
John Andersen
Letters to the Editor Sep. 6, 2022 8:30 am1102d ago
I am a retired high school administrator, teacher-trainer, and a former member of a county board of supervisors in northern …
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