This week, Dr. Mohammad Rehman the medical director of Glenwood Resource Center, a state institution for disabled Iowans, stepped down …
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Staff Editorial Staff Editorials May. 1, 2020 7:48 am2105d ago
This week, Dr. Mohammad Rehman the medical director of Glenwood Resource Center, a state institution for disabled Iowans, stepped down …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Dec. 6, 2021 3:20 pm1521d ago
There are two things we know are necessary components of a responsible plan to roll back coronavirus closures – a …
Staff Editorials Apr. 27, 2020 4:00 pm2109d ago
State revenues are beginning to show the strain of an economic downturn spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. But cities also …
Staff Editorials Mar. 13, 2023 1:04 pm1059d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds has spoken repeatedly in the past two weeks about plans to reopen Iowa from the coronavirus shutdown. …
Staff Editorials Apr. 23, 2020 5:00 pm2113d ago
In a place where people love to tout high marks on state-by-state rankings, this one might have slipped by you …
Staff Editorials Apr. 23, 2020 3:47 pm2113d ago
On April 15, a group of Midwest governors announced that they were forming a coalition to coordinate on reopening their …
Staff Editorials Apr. 18, 2020 7:00 am2118d ago
Every day we hear the latest COVID-19 numbers, new cases, hospitalization and deaths. But the number of Iowans who deserve …
Staff Editorials Apr. 17, 2020 7:00 am2119d ago
Muscatine County has a big jail. With an official capacity of 254 inmates, it’s bigger than jails in Johnson and …
Staff Editorials Apr. 16, 2020 1:20 pm2120d ago
This month, two large meat-processing plants in Iowa closed their doors after large-scale outbreaks of COVID-19 at their facilities. Last …
Staff Editorials Apr. 13, 2020 8:00 am2123d ago
The number of tenured and tenure-track faculty at the state’s universities has declined over the past decade, according to a …
Staff Editorials Apr. 8, 2020 6:01 pm2128d ago
During her news conferences, Gov. Reynolds has been asked almost daily about why Iowa is one of five states that …
Staff Editorials Apr. 4, 2020 7:00 am2132d ago
The director of Iowa’s Public Information Board is advising Iowa public officials to scrap Snapchat. We think that’s good advice, …
Staff Editorials Apr. 3, 2020 6:55 am2133d ago
Since the beginning of the pandemic, The Gazette, like many newsrooms across the state, has been inundated with reports from …
Staff Editorials Apr. 2, 2020 10:00 am2134d ago
To slow the spread of coronavirus, most states now have shelter at home orders, requiring residents to stay home except …
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