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We’re in the anxious homestretch toward Election Day, which ends the long 2020 campaign. It also marks the beginning of …
Brock Pierce, an independent presidential candidate on the ballot in Iowa, got his start as a child movie star in …
DES MOINES – The battle for the majority in the Iowa House is not being waged in Iowa alone. National …
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds might revive her ‘Invest in Iowa” plan next year, economy and election willing, with hopes of …
There’s a theory floating around that Democrats want to both abolish the police and take away our guns. Who would …
To hear city government officials tell it, you would hardly think there’s any need for more police accountability in Cedar …
Our top candidates for the U.S. Senate are fighting over dark money, who takes it, who colludes with it and …
Iowans saw two sides of Gov. Kim Reynolds last week – the cautious but pragmatic criminal justice reformer, and the …
DES MOINES – It’s one thing to express a hopeful view when attempting to lead a state through a pandemic. …
‘We must learn to stop worrying and live with the coronavirus,” said Dr. Strangelove, noted epidemiologist. OK, maybe not. But …
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris played up the ‘progressive prosecutor” myth during her debate last week with Vice President …
President Donald Trump and Gov. Kim Reynolds are pinning their coronavirus response plans on new shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests. …
It was 13 years ago this past week that I walked into The Gazette as a new columnist. The time …
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