Patients often receive medical care without ever thinking to ask how much it costs. Patients who do ask sometimes find …
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Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Jan. 18, 2018 10:30 am2819d ago
Patients often receive medical care without ever thinking to ask how much it costs. Patients who do ask sometimes find …
Staff Editorial Staff Editorials Jan. 14, 2018 8:00 am2823d ago
America’s rivers have waited long enough. Inland waterways like the Mississippi River are a crucial piece of the nation’s transportation …
Staff Editorials Jan. 13, 2018 7:00 am2824d ago
State residents and lawmakers were offered two exceptional – and exceptionally poignant – speeches this week to mark the start …
Staff Editorials Jan. 12, 2018 12:26 pm2825d ago
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is embarking on a 99-county campaign to educate voters on the state’s new voter …
Staff Editorials Jan. 11, 2018 5:00 am2826d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her policy agenda for the new year during Tuesday’s Condition of the State address. Iowans have …
Staff Editorials Jan. 7, 2018 8:10 am2830d ago
Iowa’s Legislature returns to the Statehouse Monday, and Gov. Kim Reynolds will stand before a reconvened 87th General Assembly on …
Staff Editorials Jan. 6, 2018 9:30 am2831d ago
Collection agency letters distributed just days before Christmas didn’t bolster the city of Cedar Rapids’ argument that its automated traffic …
Staff Editorials Jan. 5, 2018 10:00 am2832d ago
When state revenues slide, lawmakers sometimes turn to sin. And we’re talking about taxation, not confession. Last month, a coalition …
Staff Editorials Jan. 4, 2018 9:15 am2833d ago
Linn County is moving forward with a major new building project, but nobody can say how much it will cost …
Staff Editorials Dec. 30, 2017 10:00 am2838d ago
Arbitrary or not, annual closure of the calendar evokes reflection on what has past and hope for what may lie …
Staff Editorials Dec. 29, 2017 7:10 am2839d ago
In the case of a former Postville meatpacking executive, political clout appears to have once again thwarted justice. While the …
Staff Editorials Dec. 28, 2017 10:00 am2840d ago
Iowa made important progress in the latest national report on homelessness, but pressing concerns remain. The Department of Housing and …
Staff Editorials Dec. 24, 2017 2:00 pm2844d ago
On Dec. 25, 1956, a Gazette editorial writer deftly summed up the dilemma facing those of us who produce Op-Ed …
Staff Editorials Aug. 30, 2019 7:47 pm2230d ago
It’s Christmas Eve, and I’m pretty sure my little sister hasn’t gotten the gift I mailed her yet. I waited …
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