Staff Editorials

Dozens of new laws will take effect this week in Iowa. Here are a few of them.

Shelter House is expanding upon the innovative “housing first” project it started three years ago. The Iowa City homeless shelter …

A study chronicled by The Gazette’s Erin Jordan this week found that people headed out to Iowa and Minnesota lakes are willing to travel farther for clean water.

National Democrats need to settle this sooner than later. If leaders decide to shuffle the calendar to put a primary in a more diverse state first, so be it

Are they there to prevent a tragedy, or to patrol typical teenage behavior? In Cedar Rapids schools, it’s most often the latter.

The COVID-19 pandemic is far more costly than a vaccine lottery would be

In-person visits to Iowa prison inmates are set to resume in early July. That’s good for inmates and their loved …

Lawmakers this year introduced more than a dozen bills that sought to limit LGBTQ rights, mostly targeted against transgender youth, none of which passed.

The massive bill came together in closed door GOP negotiations, and once a deal was done, it was approved before its details were fully understood

A few bipartisan highlights from the 2021 session were overshadowed by spiteful bills and thousands of coronavirus deaths

Speed limits and enforcement are only part of the problem. What goes overlooked is that our roads lend themselves to risky driving.

Bloody Run Creek near Monona in Clayton County is designated among a small number of “Outstanding Iowa Waters” with exceptional …