Youngsters in Linn County will be officially introduced to four more female role models on Sunday, Women’s Equality Day. The …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 14, 2018 3:21 pm2719d ago
Youngsters in Linn County will be officially introduced to four more female role models on Sunday, Women’s Equality Day. The …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Aug. 24, 2018 7:00 am2740d ago
Iowa City leaders are making slow but important progress in their effort to reduce disproportionate contact between minority drivers and …
Staff Columnists Aug. 22, 2018 8:22 am2742d ago
Unfathomable devastation follows the death of a child, rendering parents at first numb with shock, then angry at everyone and …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Aug. 20, 2018 6:53 pm2744d ago
The Gazette joined more than 300 newspapers last week in publishing editorials raising concern over President Donald Trump’s hostility toward …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Aug. 19, 2018 11:47 am2745d ago
Five candidates running for an open seat on the Iowa City Council have a unique challenge, with less than a …
Staff Columnists Aug. 19, 2018 8:00 am2745d ago
Soon, we’ll finally get our chance to climb new trails ascending Mount Trashmore and enjoy the municipal vistas from its …
Staff Columnists Aug. 19, 2018 6:00 am2746d ago
Perhaps, if military veterans affiliated with the Iowa Democratic Party had been barred from a state-sponsored parade to recognize and …
Staff Columnists Aug. 18, 2018 6:30 am2747d ago
Election machine and social engineering vulnerabilities were at the top of my mind as we headed to DEFCON. Returning, however, …
Staff Columnists Aug. 17, 2018 9:53 am2747d ago
Three candidates for governor painted three very different pictures of Iowa over the past week at the State Fair. Republican …
Staff Columnists Aug. 16, 2018 12:06 pm2748d ago
A couple more roundabouts are on the drawing board in Marion. And that made me wonder, could it be Iowa’s …
Staff Columnists Aug. 13, 2018 4:56 pm2751d ago
How much voting is too much voting? The Iowa Supreme Court last week delivered an order affirming a lower court’s …
Staff Columnists Aug. 12, 2018 12:00 pm2752d ago
In the battle between socialism and capitalism, Democrat presidential hopeful Andrew Yang says he doesn’t have to pick a side. …
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Staff Columnists Aug. 13, 2018 10:10 am2751d ago
It’s one of the hottest days in America since August of 1936, or some such depressive nonsense, but I’d rather …
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