By Pat Shey —- In looking back on the last eight years, the City Council has kept the same basic …
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By Pat Shey —- In looking back on the last eight years, the City Council has kept the same basic …
The Gazette Editorial Board —– The Cedar Rapids City Council election on Nov. 5 certainly won’t lack for officer seekers. …
By Clark Rieke —- I am very curious and I love to learn. I have had a lucky and interesting …
By Alan Modracek — I’ve spent all my life in Cedar Rapids except for six years serving our country in …
So when exactly did the streets go to pot? This is not an easy question to answer. Everyone has theories. …
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- It’s up to local police to enforce traffic laws on city streets, including state …
By Tim Trenkle — Makiah Cooper opened the barbershop in the Washington Street neighborhood by the traffic light, across the …
By Ken Sagar —- It’s no secret – many hardworking Iowa families are struggling. That is why it is so …
Gazette Editorial Board — It’s reckless and unproductive. The government shutdown and congressional impasse on the debt ceiling, that is. …
For those of us who learned about the wise, sacred craftsmanship of American government from Schoolhouse Rock and class filmstrips, …
Gazette Editorial Board — It would be impossible to establish hard-and-fast thresholds or policies governing when police officers should engage …
State Sen. Kent Sorenson’s fall was big news in Iowa this past week, and I think that’s a good sign …
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