Staff Editorials

By The Gazette Editorial Board —- Within the last decade, nearly two dozen states have adopted so-called “stand your ground” …

Gazette Editorial Board — This city’s redevelopment efforts in areas hard hit by the 2008 flood have rightly focused on …

Gazette Editorial Board — Fewer volunteer groups are picking up trash along Iowa highways. Meanwhile, there’s been no appreciable decline …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —– Ever since a developer demolished three older commercial and residential buildings on East Washington …

WALKING’S BENEFITS: Kudos to Garner Elementary School in North Liberty, where a Johnson County pilot program to reduce obesity is …

WEATHER’S DOWNSIDE: This unusual stretch of almost summerlike weather we have been enjoying also creates some potential negative repercussions. For …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —– At first glance, many of a task force’s recent recommendations to streamline Iowa’s civil …

Gazette Editorial Board — We think the Iowa Supreme Court got it right when it deemed unconstitutional Gov. Terry Branstad’s …

Gazette Editorial Board — By even the most charitable standards, Iowa’s Republican presidential precinct caucuses did not run like a …

Gazette Editorial Board — For more than two decades, Iowa’s public universities have scooped money from tuition paid by some …

Gazette Editorial Board — One of several major issues remaining on the Iowa Legislature’s table this session is a proposal …

By The Gazette Editorial Board —- A C-plus isn’t much of a grade to brag about. But that’s what Iowa …