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By Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier — Give the man some credit. Gov. Terry Branstad is not afraid to take the heat. …
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By Sioux City Journal — All Republican candidates for president should unfold their Iowa road maps and reacquaint themselves with …
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By Quad-City Times — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has asked the federal government to ban 23.5-ounce cans of a …
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By The Des Moines Register — This state has 5,371 names on its sex offender registry. Some have mental health …
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Gazette Editorial Board — The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to decide the constitutionality of the landmark health care …
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Gazette Editorial Board — The nation’s bad boy of Big Egg has bowed out. And that’s welcome news for the …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board —- Suicide prevention lifelines are invaluable resources in crisis; a sympathetic ear can literally save …
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Gazette Editorial Board — Officials with the Army Corps of Engineers are hard at work trying to make flood protection …
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Gazette Editorial Board — Political “robo calls” – the automated phone messages many people love to hate – are commonly …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board —– Big-time college sports has become a big entertainment machine with big budgets. So much …
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The Gazette Editorial Board —– When Tom Davis was hired as assistant band director at the University of Iowa in …
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By Iowa City Press-Citizen —- Earlier this year, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin and the other Democrats on the Senate Health, …
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By Sioux City Journal —- For several reasons, Iowa’s state-regulated casinos should support the Great American Smoke Out. In a …
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By The Des Moines Register —– In 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court made this state proud. It tackled head-on one …
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