Our daughter, who grew up in Iowa and now lives in New York City, keeps asking me, “Dad, what’s happened …
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Philip Andrew Opinion May. 26, 2021 11:50 am1728d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1731d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1733d 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 pm1737d ago
The governor signed Senate File 252 on April 30. It bans cities from preventing landlords from discriminating against those with …
Thomas Ochs
Opinion May. 14, 2021 1:37 pm1740d ago
To those looking down at the restaurant workers — front and back of house — who have hesitated or even …
Dennis A. Benda
Opinion May. 14, 2021 1:37 pm1740d ago
Republicans call Democrats socialists. Republicans, isn’t giving tax breaks for the ethanol program a socialist program? Why did Trump bail …
Dave Assmus
Opinion May. 14, 2021 1:36 pm1740d ago
Recently, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that she had rejected $95 million in federal money for coronavirus testing in schools because …
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