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Writes Adam Sullivan: In my work for The Gazette’s opinion page, I like to take note of what I call wholesome letters. They are letters to the editor that take a positive tone, or at least don’t fixate on divisive partisan issues, as many of our letters do.
So it’s been 14 years this week since I walked through the doors of The Gazette
After a few months of discussion over school resource officers in Cedar Rapids, we still do not have a clear answer to this simple question.
Iowa concluded Fiscal Year 2021 with a $1.24 billion budget surplus. The largest ever. Black ink is certainly better than …
Several local candidates will win elections in November without having to talk to a single voter.
Our “rogue auditor” is complying with the letter of state election law. And yet he’s being accused of playing politics in the non-partisan Linn-Mar School Board election.
The state government’s Test Iowa system is too slow. And the federal government refuses to authorize more at-home tests.
The new president is employing the exact same strategy as the old one. He hopes to send a message to other migrants not to approach our border. The cruelty is the point.
Does a pediatric COVID-19 mortality rate of 0.01 percent truly the extreme measures some have demanded?
Iowa is saturated in gambling options, with casinos, racetrack casinos, sports betting and a lottery. Iowans wanted to gamble, and our leaders obliged.
“We are thinking about what the library’s role might be in the future and planning what we can bring to informational services.”
Two Iowa Republicans are co-sponsors of a bill offering legal status to ‘documented Dreamers’ but the legislation has gone nowhere since it was introduced in July
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