Advocacy groups have highlighted the highest payouts of pension benefits to public employees in Iowa, using these examples to start …
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Advocacy groups have highlighted the highest payouts of pension benefits to public employees in Iowa, using these examples to start …
I wonder if Al Schafbuch (“Corn sweetener gets sour reputation,” April 14) has a medical degree to go with his …
There is a brief but essential message from a holocaust survivor in the April 17 story on Holocaust Remembrance Day: …
If we want to have “morning in America” and “a bright new day” for our children who are now young …
The “stand your ground” (SYG) law assures the right of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves in public as they might …
When the University of Iowa fired basketball coach Todd Lickliter, Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan thought it was OK to recruit …
Although I am not a student at the University of Iowa, I attended two colleges in Dubuque and took classes …
The pristine Rock Island Preserve is about to undergo drastic change if the Iowa Department of Transportation has its way. …
That new law regarding employees who video any animal cruelty in an agricultural facility proves that our Iowa Legislature caters …
Hasn’t the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association realized that the longer Gov. Terry Branstad speechifies about “pink slime,” or lean, finely textured …
As reported in Monday’s Gazette, fishing license sales are up 67 percent mostly due to the warmer weather. My son …
Your April 6 editorial attacking Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett shocks me. “Generally committed and competent?” He’s the best county …
I see our Sen. Tom Harkin is the latest trying to force Americans to use a dollar coin rather than …
Many people have complained about the traffic cameras loud and long enough that the Legislature got involved. The reality is …
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