I do not care what happens to the Iowa caucuses. Given Iowa’s looming battle to maintain its first-in-the-nation status, and …
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I do not care what happens to the Iowa caucuses. Given Iowa’s looming battle to maintain its first-in-the-nation status, and …
Our Legislature has a mean streak. Cruel, even. Just ask transgender Iowans. I recently wrote about a slew of bills …
In the weeks following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a surge of headlines from around the nation …
As Iowa lawmakers consider a bill to expand school choice, a common refrain has emerged among critics: ‘Public money for …
Americans are deeply divided on politics, but there are a few issues where former President Donald Trump pushed us closer …
In the opening paragraphs of her Pulitzer Prize-winning essay commencing The New York Times’ 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones describes how …
Which do Republicans love more – unregulated business or borders? Iowa Republicans this legislative session are siding with the imaginary …
As state Rep. Sandy Salmon sees it, the notion of transgender Iowans being allowed to live their lives without state …
Before he flew away from the capital, former President Donald Trump vowed ‘We will be back in some form.” The …
The inauguration of our 46th president last week didn’t feel like just a government function. It was a mix between …
It was a nice streak, Iowa. For the past 25-plus years your columnist has been watching Iowa politics, governors of …
There is a new drug warrior in the White House, more cunning than the last. For the drug reform community, …
Saying goodbye is not easy. After more than seven years at The Gazette, I’m moving on to try something new. …
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