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The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Editorials Sep. 24, 2012 12:53 am4763d ago
POLICY GAP? Iowa City’s hiring policy requires that job applicants’ driving record for the previous three years be checked and …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Editorials Sep. 23, 2012 12:38 am4764d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- It’s not difficult to see the reasoning behind some of Iowa’s sales tax exemptions. …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 21, 2012 12:54 am4766d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- A report out this week on Linn County Auditor Joel Miller’s hiring of a …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 19, 2012 8:21 am4768d ago
By Globe Gazette — Among the barrage of political material Iowans are receiving in the mail these days are suggestions …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 19, 2012 8:19 am4768d ago
By Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier —- There is no question that students at Iowa’s regent universities deserve a significant break from …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 19, 2012 8:18 am4768d ago
The Des Moines Register —- It has become an article of faith that the stimulus package pushed through Congress by …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 19, 2012 12:10 am4768d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- If you think obesity is a problem now, it’s likely just the beginning if …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 17, 2012 12:59 am4770d ago
READING, WRITING, MATH AND GARDENING: Mike Loots, a language arts teacher at Northwest Junior High in Coralville, wasn’t satisfied with …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 17, 2012 12:02 am4770d ago
HIGH-TECH FAKES: Local police departments report that fake IDs are becoming much harder to detect because of today’s sophisticated technology. …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 16, 2012 12:39 am4771d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- Some parents in the Iowa City school district are understandably angry about a proposal …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 14, 2012 12:15 am4773d ago
The Gazette Editorial Board —- In terms of economic development in Iowa, the numbers are unprecedented. Orascom Construction Industries plans …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 12, 2012 12:55 pm4775d ago
By Ames Tribune —- The Republican and Democratic national conventions are over. The balloons and confetti have all been swept …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 12, 2012 12:54 pm4775d ago
By Quad-City Times — A U.S. Postal Service struggling to compete against private shippers just cut a deal that undermines …
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Staff Editorials Sep. 12, 2012 12:53 pm4775d ago
By Iowa City Press-Citizen — According to the Johnson County Auditor’s website, Iowa voters will have many options when voting …
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