Editor’s note: A reference to a protester charged Dec. 11 has been changed from the original publication. (Note published 3/18, …
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Editor’s note: A reference to a protester charged Dec. 11 has been changed from the original publication. (Note published 3/18, …
The city of Cedar Rapids finds itself in the debate over a bill in the Legislature banning citizen police review boards. It would undo months of hard work put in by local police, city leaders and Advocates for Social Justice to form a Cedar Rapids review board in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020.
From Gazette columnist Althea Cole: Leading trans health authority trades science for politics while ignoring severity of potential complications from treatment.
Amber Gustafson regrets not having stood up and walked out of her church 10 years ago. She tearfully recounted how the pastor and elders got up in front of the entire congregation to shun a former member.
It’s essential to view jury duty through the lens of the principles which define us.
Bill that prohibits cities and counties from approving ordinances requiring builders to replace topsoil on finished construction sites failed to pass. GOP lawmakers may move to undo that.
When Christopher Gadsden presented colonial Marines with a flag he designed depicting a coiled rattlesnake over the words “Don’t Tread On Me,” It’s doubtful he knew it would someday be affixed to the rear end of horseless vehicles traveling at great speeds.
Social service organizations work to support victims managing the emotional and financial fallout and trying to rebuild their lives. Many rely on Federal Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA, and Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA funding to provide temporary shelter, money for deposits on rental properties, transportation to medical appointments, therapy services, child care and more.
As recently as this year, mask mandates are still being argued in federal court.
House File 2544 prescribes what sort of civics and history should bet taught to Iowa students. Politicians writing detailed curriculum. What could go wrong?
Let’s break free of our Golden Dome of Wisdom for a moment and ponder the future. And the future I’m …
I remember a comment a voter once made as he handed me his driver’s license at the polling place where …
Here in Iowa, Republicans control the governor’s office, the Senate and the House. We have a Republican attorney general, treasurer …
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