Today’s print column. Elections are about the future, but not time travel. Bob Vander Plaats, who led the successful push …
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Today’s print column. Elections are about the future, but not time travel. Bob Vander Plaats, who led the successful push …
By The Gazette Editorial Board — Applause for the Linn County Public Health Department. Earlier this year, the agency was …
I’m a real tree guy myself, but I have to admit being tempted by “Smurftastic Blue.” The Omaha Royals will …
By The Gazette Editorial Board — The Red Kettles are in place. The Salvation Army’s annual holiday collection campaign is …
Bob Vander Plaats is being called a rising star for his success in ousting members of the state Supreme Court. …
So who will pick the new justices? Surely it will be the new/classic governor-elect who just won by a country mile …
After years of discussion, on the heels of an announcement that $230 million in federal funds ensured that passenger rail between Chicago and …
By The Gazette Editorial Board — The issue of same-sex marriage continues to spark political controversy here in Iowa and …
I’m late in my thanks to veterans this year. Since this column runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays, I wasn’t able, …
Federal regulators are going graphic on the nation’s puffers. Maybe you saw the new warning labels the Food and Drug …
By Elizabeth Matus — I tell anyone who will listen that I’m from Iowa. To each new acquaintance, I want …
By The Gazette Editorial Board — DECOSTER AGAIN: About 288,000 eggs mistakenly distributed from an Ohio producer where salmonella was …
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