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Making sense of the school choice polling in Iowa

Making sense of the school choice polling in Iowa

Jordan Zakery Guest Columnists Apr. 2, 2021 4:26 pm

Polls can be illuminating, but a lot depends on how you ask the question. The Des Moines Register recently released …

Committing to improve the Affordable Care Act on its 11th…

Committing to improve the Affordable Care Act on its 11th…

Sue Dinsdale Guest Columnists Apr. 2, 2021 6:32 pm

As we mark the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act this month, we have a lot more to celebrate …

Medical marijuana is popular with everyone, except Iowa lawmakers

Medical marijuana is popular with everyone, except Iowa lawmakers

Adam Sullivan

Staff Columnists Mar. 30, 2021 5:27 pm

It’s one of the only issues where a supermajority of Iowans agree, but Iowa lawmakers are set to go another …

Child care is key to Iowa’s pandemic recovery

Child care is key to Iowa’s pandemic recovery

Staff Editorial

Staff Editorials Mar. 29, 2021 5:08 pm

The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected us all equally. More than a year in, it’s clear that women carried the …

Iowa City’s free clinic turns 50

Iowa City’s free clinic turns 50

Barbara Vinograde

Guest Columnists Mar. 29, 2021 4:49 pm

This year, the Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic is celebrating a very significant anniversary. Fifty years ago, on …

Climate is on the agenda. A carbon tax should be…

Climate is on the agenda. A carbon tax should be…

Mark Reynolds and John Macatee

Guest Columnists Mar. 26, 2021 2:36 pm

A few weeks into the new administration, the federal government is off to a roaring start on climate change. Democrats …

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Black women are more than qualified to lead

Rev. Milton Cole

Letters to the Editor Mar. 30, 2021 5:31 pm

Rioters and reporters are not above the law

Palmer Holden

Letters to the Editor Mar. 30, 2021 5:31 pm

Teachers deserve accolades, not criticism

Elwood Garlock

Letters to the Editor Mar. 29, 2021 4:55 pm

Dark days for animals at the Iowa Statehouse

Allison Jaynes

Letters to the Editor Mar. 29, 2021 4:55 pm

Vote against anti-violence bill was a vote against women

Debbie Koopman

Letters to the Editor Mar. 29, 2021 4:38 pm

Reader sees bias on Gazette editorial pages

Roscoe Schwartz

Letters to the Editor Mar. 29, 2021 4:38 pm

How to donate your stimulus to someone in poverty

Kalissa Madison

Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2021 2:33 pm

Big Dance announcers have ‘got’ some grammar issues

Kelly Neff

Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2021 2:33 pm

Let Congress know you support equal pay for women

Sue Jorgensen

Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2021 2:33 pm

Barring best, good is better than nothing

Joan Thorson

Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2021 2:33 pm

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Republicans are making voting harder

Republicans are making voting harder

Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Mar. 29, 2021 4:59 pm

Child molesters and illegal aliens are the prime targets of Democratic efforts to improve voting procedures in our country. We …

Consumers kept out of Iowa’s ‘bottle bill’ discussions

Consumers kept out of Iowa’s ‘bottle bill’ discussions

Pam Mackey Taylor Guest Columnists Mar. 26, 2021 1:51 pm

James Lynch’s extensive article in the March 21 Gazette (‘5 cents a can, but millions at stake”) raises a number …

A feel-good summer hit at Iowa’s Statehouse yields no sequel

A feel-good summer hit at Iowa’s Statehouse yields no sequel

Todd Dorman

Staff Columnists Mar. 27, 2021 10:07 am

It was the feel-good hit of last summer. With Black Lives Matter protests swelling across the nation and outside the …

An unexpected shot of nostalgia

An unexpected shot of nostalgia

Kurt Ullrich

Guest Columnists Mar. 26, 2021 2:30 pm

Recently I ventured out of the woods, drove to a nearby town, Springsteen on the radio singing something about a …

Competitive mayoral race taking shape in Cedar Rapids

Competitive mayoral race taking shape in Cedar Rapids

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Staff Editorials Mar. 26, 2021 1:37 pm

It looks like Cedar Rapids is going to have a competitive race for mayor this fall. And that’s potentially good …

A season for new leadership in Cedar Rapids

A season for new leadership in Cedar Rapids

Gilda and Barry Boyer

Guest Columnists Mar. 26, 2021 1:38 pm

Leadership matters, especially in times of crisis and in times of seismic change. As two people who grew up here, …

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