Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are damaging our environment, including water quality, throughout Iowa. Over the last 15 years or …
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Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are damaging our environment, including water quality, throughout Iowa. Over the last 15 years or …
For years, Sen. Chuck Grassley pushed the elimination of the estate tax by falsely asserting it harmed Iowa family farms. …
Now that the new and improved tax package has been approved and jammed down our throats, I have but one …
Scott Ramspott’s Dec. 21 letter ‘Raising taxes on credit unions a step backward” is in error. The original charters of …
The Sun Valley area has a ‘canyon” runoff problem that the city council, its engineers and consultants are not addressing. …
The effort by right-wing media and politicians to disparage Robert Mueller, the Russian investigation, and the FBI is a disgusting …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
I respect our police officers and appreciate their hard work and often dangerous work. However, I fail to understand how …
Rena Conti’s Dec. 18 column ‘340B effort is in need of reforms” mischaracterizes the 340B drug discount program and undervalues …
What if Russia bought President Donald Trump’s outstanding loans from the bank that held them? What if Russia used this …
The climate is unstable. The atmosphere is heating up, sea levels are rising, island nations are already disappearing under the …
Sen. Chuck Grassley said the new tax law will ‘help Iowans keep more of their money.” That’s not quite accurate. …
Some truth about the estate tax (death tax if you prefer). Today, 99.8 percent of estates owe no tax at …
The City of Cedar Rapids sent out 221,000 collection notices for traffic camera tickets (‘C.R. goes after 221,000 speed camera …
Regarding the Dec. 17 letter ‘Those who inherit should pay a tax”: Perhaps Sen. Chuck Grassley should have said ‘business” …
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