Six votes separate the candidates in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, one of the closest races in the country. Yet The …
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Anna Mayer Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1828d ago
Six votes separate the candidates in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, one of the closest races in the country. Yet The …
Lorri Pate Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1828d ago
It’s bad enough that Gov. Kim Reynolds has refused to listen to medical professionals’ and scientists’ and even the White …
Jim Berger
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1828d ago
As one of many hard working state workers for Iowa it is difficult to fathom how little value Gov. Kim …
Kevin Scharpf
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1828d ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused childhood hunger to soar to record-level highs, with 1 in 5 children in Iowa facing …
Paul Venaglia
Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1828d ago
I would like to thank Attorney General Tom Miller for helping Iowa maintain a modicum of difference from deep southern …
Jim Glasson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2020 1:27 pm1828d ago
Kudos to Rita Hart! Iowans deserve an accurate ballot count for U.S. House District 2. While an initial recount examined …
Patrick Muller
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2020 1:26 pm1828d ago
Just add water. For me, a work of art is raw material until it engages individuals and communities and sustains …
Brian Franz
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2020 1:25 pm1828d ago
For Iowa State alumni football fans these are the good old days. Cyclone football has never been this good. But …
Dr. JoLynn Glanzer
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2020 5:09 pm1829d ago
The pandemic and the contentious election seem to have left the power mongers without common sense and decency. Common sense …
Bob and Sue Dvorsky
Letters to the Editor Dec. 16, 2020 4:43 pm1830d ago
We live and vote in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. We aren’t lawyers, and we aren’t politicians anymore. We’ve tried to …
Meg Norris
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1832d ago
Do yourself a favor this holiday season and take a drive in downtown Cedar Rapids at night for an instant …
Gregory Steckel
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1832d ago
I found myself wondering Nov. 3 if my vote was counted. Could I have made a small mistake or by …
Jordan Mott
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1832d ago
The DNR’s 2020 Impaired Waters List was released last week. It shows that one of Iowa’s biggest sources of water …
Anne K. Deupree
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1832d ago
I want the voters of the 2nd District to choose our representative in Congress, but Rita Hart disagrees. She wants …
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