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Joshua Lawrence Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:51 am1669d ago
It’s no secret speeding and careless driving has become a major problem in Cedar Rapids and Marion, but how do …
Tom and Joan Cook Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:50 am1669d ago
Like 165 million visitors to my smartphone’s news service, we scrolled down to the fifth item today to see a …
Matthew Voss
Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:49 am1669d ago
The 2021 Iowa legislative session culminated with a ban on local and school mask mandates, passed in the final hours …
Philip Andrew
Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:50 am1669d ago
Our daughter, who grew up in Iowa and now lives in New York City, keeps asking me, “Dad, what’s happened …
David Oman
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:15 pm1674d ago
Rural Iowa is in a unique position to lead the way on energy innovation. In addition to technology like wind …
Anne K. Deupree
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:15 pm1674d ago
Johnson County is electing a new county supervisor on June 8. There’s a lot of talk about the need for …
Tim Nedoba
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:14 pm1674d ago
A new festival is coming to Coralville Labor Day weekend. Coralville will be hosting its first Coralville Pride Festival. A …
John Carver
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:14 pm1674d ago
A recent Gazette pictured a hamburger the giant from “Jack and the Beanstalk” couldn’t get his mouth around. This contest …
Genie Maybanks
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:14 pm1674d ago
I want to thank all the people in the generations before me for getting your polio vaccine so I didn’t …
Matt Brandt
Letters to the Editor May. 23, 2021 3:57 pm1672d ago
Bravo to the Linn-Mar students for rallying to show support of open-minded thinking and actions in areas of racism and …
Jerry Flatt
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:13 pm1674d ago
The removal of Rep. Liz Cheney from her House leadership position sends a clear message to other Republicans that if …
Cathy Burgess
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:13 pm1674d ago
On May 20 in the dead of night, Iowa lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds took local control away from elected …
Lorri Pate
Opinion May. 21, 2021 3:13 pm1674d ago
This year, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Republican Legislature approved additional restrictive voting laws, in less than a week, with …
Janice Weiner
Opinion May. 17, 2021 4:34 pm1678d ago
The governor signed Senate File 252 on April 30. It bans cities from preventing landlords from discriminating against those with …
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