Despite being almost 10 months from election day, attack ads from the Koch brothers are starting to fill Iowa’s airwaves. …
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Despite being almost 10 months from election day, attack ads from the Koch brothers are starting to fill Iowa’s airwaves. …
Mark Twain told us that “it’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been …
I am 88. I was born in Cedar Rapids and most things have changed. I have been in a complex …
This is how I see it. When government gives tax dollars to a business, it’s called a subsidy. When government …
I was rather dismayed by the letter “Income equality goals won’t work here” (Jan. 19 by John Schulte). The middle …
The City of Marion has given its first reading to allow backyard chickens. What is interesting is that the presenters …
Shocked, upset and confused are the alumni in regard to the shrinking of Iowa Wesleyan College. Years ago at my …
How could any law be argued to allow a brain-dead mother to be buried when she holds a living baby …
In the Jan. 16 Gazette picture page was a galaxy so large that scientists use light years for measurement. This …
The Gazette’s editorial “Things to do” on Jan. 12 was interesting. It mentioned that a study by the Economic Development …
After reading the schedule shuffle idea in The Gazette (“Schedule shuffle aimed at solving budget crunch,” Jan. 17), I have …
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. The definition of stalking: It involves intentional and repeated behaviors that place an individual …
Kudos to U.S. Senate candidate Mark Jacobs for supporting the Renewable Fuel Standard. By advocating to protect Iowa’s agricultural and …
A sincere thank you to TV stations KWWL and KCRG-TV9 for understanding the proper usage of informational graphics and crawler …
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