While the pandemic has held our attention for months, there is another crisis unfolding that will have long lasting impacts. …
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Patty Walsh Letters to the Editor Jan. 12, 2022 2:18 pm1437d ago
While the pandemic has held our attention for months, there is another crisis unfolding that will have long lasting impacts. …
James Pruitt Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2022 2:21 pm1439d ago
I read with dismay of the “medical freedom bill” being introduced in the Iowa Legislature by Republicans. There is no …
Thomas Cook
Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2022 7:30 am1439d ago
I read with interest the government-funded report entitled, “Sen. Grassley Marks Policy, Oversight Accomplishments in 2021.” It is an impressive …
Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2022 7:30 am1439d ago
Cal Thomas (“Let’s out the men in Maxwell-Epstein case,” Jan. 5) hopes “details about all the men who visited (Jeffrey) …
Brooke Willson
Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2022 6:15 am1441d ago
The last two years presented a number of challenges and loss, so it is with a fierce determination to see …
Lorin Dudley
Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2022 6:00 am1441d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds is spending $9 million of our hard-earned dollars at $330 per hour to a Kansas company for …
Karey Chase
Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2022 5:45 am1441d ago
United Way of East Central Iowa (UWECI) devoted 2021 to completing a Community Impact Assessment. We delved into data, collaborated …
Patricia Bowen
Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2022 1:58 pm1442d ago
No matter our color, background or party, most of us believe that people who commit treason and endanger our lives …
Jane Cranston
Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2022 1:58 pm1442d ago
We are on a fast track to ending human civilization as we know it from catastrophic climate change brought about …
Larry Stone
Letters to the Editor Jan. 5, 2022 1:23 pm1444d ago
The State of Iowa wants to throw out a lawsuit by the Iowa Sierra Club that challenges how the Department …
Dave Bradley
Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2022 12:26 pm1445d ago
I’ve documented four times that U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks conducted a misinformation campaign about the deadly COVID virus. During her …
Linda Schreiber
Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2022 6:00 am1447d ago
Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library will offer a series of Garden Forums in 2022. The first will …
Tiffany O’Donnell
Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2021 4:39 pm1450d ago
Our community has had more than its share of challenges. While it’s hard to see in the midst of a …
Silvia Secchi
Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2021 3:44 pm1450d ago
Every year brings more evidence that the climate is changing, and that the impacts for Iowans are profound and exacerbate …
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