Late last week the ACLU tried to make the failings of facial recognition software personal for members of Congress. Despite …
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Staff Columnists Jul. 31, 2018 2:00 pm2764d ago
Late last week the ACLU tried to make the failings of facial recognition software personal for members of Congress. Despite …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jul. 30, 2018 3:30 pm2765d ago
This year’s gubernatorial election is expected to be the most expensive in state history. In the most recent campaign fundraising …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 30, 2018 11:09 am2765d ago
Iowa Republicans are assailing Fred Hubbell for his record running Younkers 30 years ago. They say the Democratic nominee for …
Staff Columnists Jul. 29, 2018 5:30 am2767d ago
Achieving gender equity on local Iowa boards and commissions is going to take more than a state requirement. The latest …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2018 3:00 pm2767d ago
Iowans are quickly finding out about health care in a post-Obamacare world. Federal and state governments have chipped away at …
Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2018 1:10 pm2768d ago
Faced with a temporary court injunction of laws and regulations he championed, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate chose to …
Staff Columnists Jul. 26, 2018 4:45 pm2769d ago
Good intentions can have deadly consequences. Government leaders in several Iowa communities are considering moves to crack down on alleged …
Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2018 6:13 pm2770d ago
Iowa’s biggest crime story of the week shouldn’t be a story at all. In fact, the crime in question shouldn’t …
Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2018 11:47 am2770d ago
Back in the 1980s, when Donald Kaul was a columnist for The Gazette, our paper frequently ran an ad promoting …
Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2018 5:30 am2771d ago
Four decades ago, 29 bodies were exhumed from the yard and a crawl space of John Wayne Gacy’s home in …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2018 6:35 pm2772d ago
It’s summertime in Iowa, and that means politics are on display at your local county fair. I visited the Johnson …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2018 11:08 am2772d ago
So Republican U.S. Rep. Rod Blum says he wants a dozen debates with his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Abby Finkenauer. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2018 8:00 am2774d ago
When I was in college, my family hosted a high school student from Russia for a year. Dasha lived with …
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