Thursday marks four months since the derecho ripped through Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. The most visible signs of the …
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Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Dec. 10, 2020 1:32 pm1733d ago
Thursday marks four months since the derecho ripped through Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. The most visible signs of the …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Dec. 9, 2020 6:00 am1734d ago
Local governments will welcome 2021 with all too familiar obstacles. Elected officials at the local level have complained for years …
Staff Editorials Dec. 4, 2020 8:25 am1739d ago
Iowa’s state canvassing board has declared Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks the winner in Iowa’s 2nd District congressional race, edging Democrat Rita …
Staff Editorials Nov. 30, 2020 6:00 am1743d ago
Lost among all the state and national stories we’ve been following was the Cedar Rapids City Council’s decision earlier this …
Staff Editorials Nov. 26, 2020 6:00 am1747d ago
By general consensus, 2020 has been the worst year in recent memory. The world has been devastated by a deadly …
Staff Editorials Nov. 19, 2020 5:30 pm1754d ago
Incredibly, eight months into the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s data still lacks credibility. Last week, The Gazette’s Erin Jordan reported …
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Staff Editorials Nov. 19, 2020 6:00 am1754d ago
In televised remarks this week, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced stronger mask and public gathering restrictions meant to impede the spread …
Staff Editorials Nov. 15, 2020 6:30 am1758d ago
President-elect Joe Biden faces considerable political obstacles to enacting the most ambitious pieces of his agenda. The biggest hurdle, pending …
Staff Editorials Nov. 12, 2020 4:37 pm1761d ago
Iowa should adopt a set of policies to diminish racial bias in policing, according to a committee appointed by the …
Staff Editorials Nov. 11, 2020 4:27 pm1762d ago
This week, more than eight months after Iowa’s first COVID-19 case was diagnosed, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued her first-ever statewide …
Staff Editorials Nov. 6, 2020 8:54 am1767d ago
When election night ended Republicans held an even larger majority in the Iowa House, likely 59-41, and held their already …
Staff Editorials Nov. 5, 2020 5:00 am1768d ago
Eastern Iowa will send two new members to Congress next year. The state is trending red, but there’s still a …
Staff Editorials Nov. 4, 2020 5:00 am1769d ago
This is being written on Election Day long before the polls close and hours before we know what actually transpired …
Staff Editorials Nov. 1, 2020 6:00 am1772d ago
Iowa could set a record for voter participation in this election, but tens of thousands of Iowans with recently reinstated …
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