By The Gazette Editorial Board —- When state lawmakers pushed to raise Iowa’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack in …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board —- When state lawmakers pushed to raise Iowa’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack in …
By The Gazette Editorial Board —– A Pew Forum national survey earlier this year found that more than 90 percent …
OPEN AGAIN: Admirable persistence by founder Henry Davison, volunteers and other supporters led to the reopening of the H.D. Youth …
FASTRAC DERAILED: A respected youth program that served mostly at-risk black teenagers in Iowa City is no more. FasTrac was …
By The Gazette Editorial Board —– ‘The landscape of youth sports in the United States has changed. In past generations, …
Gazette Editorial Board – The Cedar Rapids school board received a pretty strong signal from the public panning the idea …
Gazette Editorial Board — A bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate voted last week to extend federal protections against employment …
The Gazette Editorial Board —– From 2001 through 2011, farming-related deaths in Iowa averaged 25 per year, a recent analysis …
MORE VOTER APATHY: We’re tired of again seeing such low voter turnout in local government elections, but ignoring the trend …
COOL PLAY: The Working Group Theatre, an Iowa City-based company, developed the plot for a new play that has an …
The Gazette Editorial Board —- It makes perfect sense for local and nearby law enforcement agencies to train their personnel …
Gazette Editorial Board — During the 2012 presidential campaign, there was considerable debate about the U.S. corporate income tax rate, …
Gazette Editorial Board — During a Cedar Rapids City Council meeting last July, Chuck Swore offered that if voters didn’t …
Gazette Editorial Board — We keep trying to encourage more voter participation in local elections. Perhaps many of you are …
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