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Zack Kucharski Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2021 3:33 pm1476d ago
Year Two has arrived. Are you ready? The Gazette is proud to host the return of the Iowa Ideas Conference …
Staff Columnists Sep. 16, 2018 10:30 am2653d ago
More than three years has passed since a young Burlington mother lost her life in a police-involved shooting, and the …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Sep. 16, 2018 8:00 am2654d ago
Is Iowa ready to have split government again? Voters and politicians are fond of recalling the old days when Republicans …
Staff Columnists Sep. 15, 2018 4:30 am2655d ago
Results from an AARP Iowa survey reveal a shocking number of adults aren’t doing enough to protect themselves from digital …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Sep. 14, 2018 9:46 am2656d ago
Americans marked a somber anniversary this week. After 17 years, the memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are understandably …
Opinion Sep. 13, 2018 10:12 am2657d ago
So what’s it going to be, Iowans, a lack of transparency or bushels of hypocrisy? That’s where we’re at as …
Staff Columnists Sep. 12, 2018 12:09 pm2657d ago
The state Board of Regents has a transparency problem, which it pledged to correct. Action taken today and Thursday will …
Staff Columnists Sep. 11, 2018 7:00 am2659d ago
Americans with non-violent criminal records would get much-deserved second chances under a new federal proposal. U.S. Rep. Rod Blum last …
Staff Columnists Sep. 10, 2018 5:17 pm2659d ago
Iowa is slipping down the rankings of the freest states. That’s according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank …
Staff Columnists Sep. 10, 2018 10:18 am2659d ago
Tim Gannon, the Democratic nominee for Iowa secretary of agriculture, stopped by our shop about a week ago. We talked …
Staff Columnists Sep. 9, 2018 8:00 am2661d ago
There is a temptation to think the craziness and the anger of the current political moment is unique. Maybe it …
Staff Columnists Sep. 9, 2018 5:30 am2661d ago
‘So, how did Iowa fare in Chicago?” That’s the question I posed to a local friend, a member of the …
Staff Columnists Sep. 8, 2018 7:35 am2662d ago
Despite initial excitement about the nation’s first explicit anti-cancer vaccination, America’s cultural taboo on teen sexual activity is leaving too …
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