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In August, after initially being thwarted by inclement weather and a related power outage, The Gazette’s opinion team held a …
Plans for cruise ships on the Mississippi River may be back on track after months of uncertainty. The European company …
About a quarter of all Iowans live in child care deserts – locations in which access to child care is …
About this time 20 years ago, I was sitting across a desk from Tom Vilsack at his campaign headquarters, asking …
The latest round of testimony in Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee ended in utter disrespect …
Sen. Chuck Grassley, it’s not too late. You and I both are lifelong Iowa Republicans. I have voted for you …
Schools and libraries marked the past week as Banned Books Week, a time to recognize historic and ongoing efforts to …
Truth, they say, is the first casualty of politics. But magnanimity has to be high on the list. In July, …
Sexual assault is the most underreported violent crime in the nation. Yet, on Friday morning, President Donald Trump questioned why …
With less than two weeks before Iowans will start casting ballots in this year’s general election, voters are still waiting …
Iowans celebrated an unofficial holiday this past week – the return of E15 fuel. To hear some Iowa politicians tell …
Twenty-seven years ago the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee had no process to vet claims of sexual misconduct. Today, nothing has …
Warning: Satire. Somewhere high above a patchwork quilt of Iowa farmland, a borrowed corporate jet streaks across the sky. Inside, …
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