By The Gazette Editorial Board — Dirt. Many of us take it for granted. We shouldn’t. Iowa is home to …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board — Dirt. Many of us take it for granted. We shouldn’t. Iowa is home to …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board — Once again, an important initiative to improve transparency in government is on the verge …
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By Dubuque Telegraph Herald —- It’s good to see both Democrats and Republicans wanting to cut the federal budget. It’s …
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By The Daily Nonpareil —- In a legislative session marked more by rancor than accomplishments, the Iowa House and Senate …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 21, 2011 11:49 am5406d ago
By The Hawk Eye As it turned out, those historic cuts President Barack Obama recently negotiated with House Speaker John …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 21, 2011 11:47 am5406d ago
By The Des Moines Register —- If you had to devise a way to deliver mental health services to people, …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board — As Iowa City stakeholders brainstorm the future of downtown, developer Marc Moen sees a …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 20, 2011 12:22 am5407d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — Compared to the size of our enormous national debt and current budget deficit, misuse …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 19, 2011 12:44 am5408d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — Yard signs urging people to “save the vendors” began popping up on Melrose Avenue …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 18, 2011 12:51 am5409d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — 62 MILES OF LOVE: Spreading awareness about the annual Relay of Life events that …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 18, 2011 12:48 am5409d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — WEEK OF LOSS: Whenever one of our soldiers dies while serving in combat, many …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 17, 2011 12:39 am5410d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — It’s a little poetic. A testament to the power and unpredictability of flood events …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 16, 2011 12:37 am5411d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board — Iowa’s state budget looks like a spreadsheet, but it’s really a drama. It’s a …
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Staff Editorials Apr. 15, 2011 12:37 am5412d ago
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- Two news items this week involving the city of Cedar Rapids and the Federal …
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