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The Gazette’s editorial board is meeting with Democratic candidates for governor ahead of the June 5 primary. Although we don’t …
The Gazette’s editorial board is meeting with Democratic candidates for governor ahead of the June 5 primary. Although we don’t …
Republicans who run the Iowa House have given Iowans the weekend to consider a $1.3 billion package of tax cuts …
Leaders of Iowa’s banks and credit unions are engaged in an intense political dispute over tax policy. The last thing …
It’s often said nobody should go hungry in America’s breadbasket. We agree, but achieving that goal requires overcoming a long …
Government officials, advocacy groups, editorial boards and individual Iowans will soon begin picking apart the Iowa Office of Ombudsman’s annual …
Ron Corbett’s campaign for governor ended on Thursday. The final blow came not from voters, but from a Polk County …
Many Americans have heard a thing or two about media conglomeration. We are aware a relatively small number of companies …
Politicians and the public responded swiftly last week to reports of possible highway tolls across the state. With apparently few …
The midyear budget cuts signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last week have some good, some bad and some ugly. Iowa …
There is a misperception among elected officials that Iowans don’t need to know the specifics of what’s being done in …
State policymakers are failing patients in Eastern Iowa. Regulators revealed the list of five planned medical marijuana dispensaries this week. …
Judges are grappling with how to apply firearm edicts handed down by the Iowa Legislature last year. Yet instead of …
There’s some good news on the government transparency front. Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart and school board President John Laverty …
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