It’s easy to be benevolent when times are good, but it’s often what you give in the lean years that …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Editorials Dec. 9, 2009 11:31 pm5785d ago
It’s easy to be benevolent when times are good, but it’s often what you give in the lean years that …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Editorials Dec. 8, 2009 11:06 pm5786d ago
The National Weather Service describes winter storms as “the deceptive killers.” Even in Iowa, where we are all too familiar …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 7, 2009 11:08 pm5787d ago
Congratulations are in order to the hard- working, dedicated folks of the Carl & Mary Koehler History Center in Cedar …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 6, 2009 11:14 pm5788d ago
HELPFUL MAP: Iowa City residents have a new tool to track police calls. Police created an online map that tracks …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 6, 2009 11:11 pm5788d ago
FREQUENT FLOODING?: A Iowa State University professor’s new review of climate change studies predicts that flooding in the state will …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 5, 2009 11:53 pm5789d ago
Within the state’s massive education budget, the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School is a small fraction. But as state …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 4, 2009 11:27 pm5790d ago
“One thing leads to another.” This common expression, defined generally as how one event sets things up for another, can …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 3, 2009 11:24 pm5791d ago
Iowa is getting federal money from a new program to help farmers better manage runoff. Four Iowa watersheds, including the …
Staff Editorials Dec. 2, 2009 11:34 pm5792d ago
Iowa City School officials have proposed pulling the plug on busing for hundreds of Iowa City Regina students next school …
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Staff Editorials Dec. 1, 2009 11:14 pm5793d ago
Advances in treatment and management of HIV have improved quality of life for many patients in our state and nation …
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Staff Editorials Nov. 30, 2009 11:14 pm5794d ago
Although the second wave of H1N1 flu appears to be winding down, we’re not out of the woods just yet. …
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Staff Editorials Nov. 29, 2009 11:26 pm5795d ago
MORE PLAY: Staff and about 25 volunteers, on the weekend before Thanksgiving, began assembling a new playground area of 1,200 …
Staff Editorials Nov. 28, 2009 11:56 pm5796d ago
Congress decided earlier this year that public health programs should get a share of economic stimulus. Hundreds of millions of …
Staff Editorials Nov. 27, 2009 11:08 pm5797d ago
We’re intrigued by Cedar Rapids city officials’ plan to give drivers of energy-efficient cars priority parking in downtown ramps. As …
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