Title IX was enacted to provide females the same opportunity to participate in athletics as men. Yet, the U.S. Senate, …
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Frank Garfield Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2025 6:00 am283d ago
Title IX was enacted to provide females the same opportunity to participate in athletics as men. Yet, the U.S. Senate, …
Chandra Jordan Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2025 6:00 am283d ago
Remember, when the state of Iowa elected Obama to be president? I do. Remember when the state of Iowa legalized …
Robert Naujoks
Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2025 6:00 am283d ago
I use a variety of news sources, including The Gazette, to be aware of the goings-on of the community and …
Linda Rice
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I am writing to urge residents to reduce unnecessary urban pesticide use and reconsider lawn culture in our communities. Johnson …
David Gerleman
Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2025 6:00 am285d ago
The future of the University of Iowa lease for the Macbride Nature Recreation Area (MNRA) is in jeopardy. The reason …
Michael Wyrick
Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2025 6:00 am286d ago
What has happened to “Iowa Nice” in the last decade? Iowans just keep voting for representatives that are not nice …
Christine Skow
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It’s not looking good, America. Hans Gruber has our wife by the wristwatch; we can’t even see Apollo Creed through …
Bonnie Urban
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If passed, SF 376, introduced by Sen. Mike Klimesh, will remove ALL local control for siting renewable energy. No county …
Kent Williams
Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2025 6:00 am288d ago
I have been represented in Congress by both parties. While I disagree with my GOP representatives on many issues, we …
Sal Miller
Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2025 8:03 am288d ago
In the Sunday, Feb. 23 Gazette “Iowa Today ” section, Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks, a, member of the Iowa …
Thomas J Gross
Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2025 8:00 am288d ago
I am a Pulmonary physician living in Solon and I routinely see residents living with a variety of complex lung …
Rod Zeitler
Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2025 6:00 am289d ago
There is a monster that is currently working in Washington, DC. It is not the federal “bureaucracy.” Our novel experiment …
Gail Weitz
Letters to the Editor Mar. 3, 2025 6:00 am289d ago
After more than 200 failed attempts to outlaw lynching,” (Sen. Schumer) Congress finally passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. Signed …
Connie Kennedy
Letters to the Editor Mar. 2, 2025 6:00 am290d ago
A couple recent letters to the editor have commended the current administration’s efforts to cut costs and reduce fraud. I …
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