Staff Editorials

SLOWER RISE: The average increase of health insurance premiums for Iowa employers slowed to 7 percent this year, down from …

PARTING SHOT? Johnson County supervisor Rod Sullivan called it “downright deceitful.” He referred to outgoing county auditor Tom Slockett’s recent …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —- Is Iowa’s renewable-energy boom busted? We don’t think so. Yes, the remarkable growth of …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —- The long-running debate over the role of politics in the pulpit is making headlines …

By Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier —- Ever since a video surfaced that showed hundreds of Cedar Falls High School students at …

By Iowa City Press-Citizen —- We were sad to hear about the death of Hawkeye all-American Alex Karras, who died …

By Sioux City Journal — If you listen carefully, you occasionally will hear a reasoned, calm voice within all of …

By Mason City Globe Gazette — We have frequently extolled the importance of education, for the benefit of our children …

The Gazette Editorial Board — We don’t know how many of Iowa’s schoolchildren spend their school days breathing radon. But …

The Gazette Editorial Board — Sex education can be a touchy subject for school districts. Most, rightly, don’t want to …

LOCAL SPENDING BUMP: About 800 extra workers involved in the refueling outage and maintenance project at Iowa’s only nuclear plant …

SOIL AT RISK: Iowa’s priceless, fertile soil is at higher risk for wind and water erosion because of its extreme, …