Staff Editorials

Gazette Editorial Board – Community stakeholders fighting the use and sale of illegal drugs often find themselves aiming at a …

Gazette Editorial Board — The growing popularity of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, has raised some interesting questions. Chief among them: …

Gazette Editorial Board — Religious rights and civil rights collided last week in Grimes, a small Polk County community. The …

MEDICAL RESEARCH HIT: The federal government’s deep budget problems that produced the sequestration austerity legislation that is still ongoing may …

REGIONAL CENTERS BOOMING: Kirkwood Community College regional center initiative continues to exceed expectations. The Jones County center that opened in …

The Gazette Editorial Board —– The Cedar Rapids City Council election on Nov. 5 certainly won’t lack for officer seekers. …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —- It’s up to local police to enforce traffic laws on city streets, including state …

Gazette Editorial Board — It’s reckless and unproductive. The government shutdown and congressional impasse on the debt ceiling, that is. …

Gazette Editorial Board — It would be impossible to establish hard-and-fast thresholds or policies governing when police officers should engage …

WIC RESPONSE: It was impressive to see how swiftly so many Eastern Iowans and organizations put together food drives after …

REDUCED ACCESS: It’s ironic that during the government shutdown that began last week over the congressional budget impasse, our senators …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —– Nearly 50 years after President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, the battle is …