Sen. Tom Harkin’s perspective (Dec. 5 guest column) on the Senate rules change, from supermajority to simple majority to invoke …
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Sen. Tom Harkin’s perspective (Dec. 5 guest column) on the Senate rules change, from supermajority to simple majority to invoke …
I’m all for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. By doing this, maybe we can quit having to …
Only a Democrat could accuse the GOP of bald-face lying about Obamacare with a straight face (“Why should Democrats negotiate …
Regarding the Dec. 11 letter by Shirley A. Morris (“Why should Democrats negotiate with GOP?”): The writer is pulling an …
Thank you for the in-depth Gazette editorial, “Fueling the fire” (Dec. 15). It is obviously an important subject for Iowa …
Reality check, Sen. Chuck Grassley. The filibuster does not go back to George Washington, it started with Aaron Burr. Perhaps …
Recently, we traveled 5,900 miles in 12 states using interstates, state and county roads, in big cities and villages, over …
All Iowans owe the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a hearty round of applause for the wonderful job they …
Quoting the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Matt Hunt, pastor at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Keokuk, presides over more than …
I couldn’t remember the exact date of last year’s Newtown, Conn., shooting in which 20 sweet children were killed, so …
Todd Dorman (“Skimpy expectations will greet the Legislature in 2014,” Dec. 10) says we shouldn’t expect much from the Iowa …
My sister, Chris Imsland, has been a client of Options since 1981. The quality of life that this organization has …
Taking land out of production for electrifying another state seems like an unreasonable use of land, not to mention what …
Regarding the Dec. 7 article “Permits for wind farms that accidentally kill eagles extended”: As wind farms expand across the …
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