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Gazette Editorial Board — For 35 years, Tom Slockett has generally been a committed and competent Johnson County auditor. He’s …
The Gazette Editorial Board —- No one can accuse Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad of not going to bat for lean …
Gazette Editorial Board — Rep. Dave Loebsack, Iowa’s 2nd District congressman, has proposed a federal law with admirable intent: Improving …
By The Northern Iowan —- We realize that’s a very bold, general statement, but a look at the Iowa Legislature’s …
BOOMING ATTENTION: A couple of news items last week added to Cedar Rapids’ national reputation as a community on the …
TWO-WHEELER TRAGEDIES: Iowa’s early arriving spring has, sadly, been accompanied by a spike in deaths involving motorcycle and mo-ped drivers …
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- We can now take a deep breath after a week of hyperventilation over “pink …
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- Prompted, in part, by recent controversy over Coralville’s retail development actions, a bipartisan House-Senate …
By Iowa City Press-Citizen —- When you speak with Allan Nelson, he hardly comes across as a revolutionary. Indeed, Nelson …
By Sioux City Journal —- If ever a week presented the United States Supreme Court with a compelling case for …
By Quad-City Times —- Beneath Trayvon Martin’s dark cotton hood was a complicated teenager living the precarious interval between boyhood …
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 …
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