At our gilded Statehouse, where the Legislature returns Monday, division equals subtraction. The House is still controlled by Republicans, though …
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At our gilded Statehouse, where the Legislature returns Monday, division equals subtraction. The House is still controlled by Republicans, though …
By Darin Snedden —- In 1935, 50 patrol officers of the newly formed Iowa Highway Safety Patrol started their first …
The Gazette Editorial Board —- The lead-up to legislative discussions about education reform has had a much different flavor than …
By Kurt Rogahn — The people enthused about bringing a casino to Cedar Rapids sure talk a winning game. But …
By Mark Edwards — I waded through the “voluntary” Iowa Water Quality Nutrient Reduction Strategy offered by the Iowa Department …
Would a “diversity policy” by any other name have raised this much of a stink? We’ll probably never know. But …
By Jim Fausett —- Tax increment financing, a mechanism authorized by Iowa law, allows local governments to use future projected …
By Chris Manning —- In December, the Iowa Business Council’s quarterly survey of Iowa business leaders pointedly noted that “questions …
The Gazette Editorial Board —– If the saga of Iowa corrections officer Kristine Sink were a movie, we’d give it …
If I had just finished managing President Obama’s 2012 re-election effort in a hotly-contested battleground state such as Ioway, I’d …
Political bedfellows are rarely strange anymore. It’s red or blue or nada. Then there’s gambling. In Iowa, the players don’t …
By Liz Schott —- On this day in 1883, the first edition of The Gazette was published. Several months later, …
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