Before the midterm election, amid concerns of changes to the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS), Gov. Kim Reynolds released …
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Julie Schropp Letters to the Editor Nov. 27, 2018 2:00 am2642d ago
Before the midterm election, amid concerns of changes to the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS), Gov. Kim Reynolds released …
Steve Uchytil Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2018 5:00 am2643d ago
This is to all of the political hopefuls who ran ads on my television during the past few months. I …
Nancy Dinius
Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2018 5:00 am2643d ago
I want to thank Gander Mountain for the huge flag they fly in front of their store off Edgewood Road. …
Jeremy Brigham
Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2018 5:00 am2643d ago
Wow! Two mass shootings in two weeks, one with a military-style weapon at a Jewish temple in Pittsburgh, the other …
Nathan Thompson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2018 5:00 am2643d ago
The editorial from Nov. 18 is misguided (‘Voters must decide if mail is worth risk”). Voters who fulfill their obligations …
Linda Walker
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2018 5:00 am2644d ago
While in Cedar Rapids on my semiannual visit from out-of-state to spend time with my bipolar son, I happened to …
Joel Wells
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2018 5:00 am2644d ago
American employers face almost no risk when hiring undocumented workers, and pocket higher profits when they do. This affects the …
Steven Pokorny
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2018 5:00 am2644d ago
It confounds logic and good sense for Matthew Whitaker, acting in his capacity as merely an interim U.S. Attorney General, …
Mike Castings
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2018 5:00 am2644d ago
My granddaughter and daughter were in a salon getting the little one’s hair trimmed. A lady also getting a trim …
Kurt Maas
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2018 5:00 am2645d ago
I see the subversives are active again in Iowa City with their despicable and racist ‘it’s OK to be white” …
Rich Hillyer
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2018 5:00 am2645d ago
Oh, the bitter irony of President Donald Trump forced to condemn the murder of a Washington Post reporter from Saudi …
Rochelle Keyhan
Letters to the Editor Nov. 23, 2018 5:00 am2646d ago
I’m glad to see the city is considering changes to its massage parlor ordinance, taking into consideration that illicit massage …
Walter Kraus
Letters to the Editor Nov. 23, 2018 5:00 am2646d ago
A Kingston Village project is getting a 10-year tax break, and then renting development units at market rate. So, for …
Charlene Lange and Pat Bowen
Letters to the Editor Nov. 22, 2018 5:00 am2647d ago
To future generations: It’s Thanksgiving 2018. A time to be thankful even though the future looks grim. There are many …
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