Gov. Terry Branstad is making water quality funding a top legislative priority in 2016. For that, he deserves considerable credit, …
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Gov. Terry Branstad is making water quality funding a top legislative priority in 2016. For that, he deserves considerable credit, …
Staff Editorial Congress again and again – most recently in December – has failed to enact gun sale reforms supported …
After a stunning 2010 vote to remove three Iowa Supreme Court justices from the bench for their role in legalizing …
Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new year, and the dawning of a safer, more stable life for many Iowans …
Local lawmakers from both parties agree that one issue holds the key to the success or failure of the 2016 …
We continue to be disappointed, even if we are no longer surprised, that some politicians, political candidates and other talking …
Linn County Supervisors, it seems, finally are ready for their close-up. The board is in the process of turning on …
We agree with the fundamental justification for asset forfeiture: Crime shouldn’t pay. But as we’ve argued in these pages before, …
Merge the 26-letter alphabet with attentive minds and thought-provoking and thoughtful opinions and new ideas emerge. Here, in The Gazette’s …
It is the time of year to dust off the archives and reflect upon the major issues and top news …
Today (Dec. 12), a group of Cedar Rapidians will meet to discuss stopping neighborhood violence and helping connect youth with …
It’s often said there are three tickets out of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. This time around, we’re urging Iowa Republicans to …
It’s been nearly two years since we first weighed in on the merits of re-imagining Cedar Lake, sitting in the …
Kudos to the Environmental Protection Agency and Obama administration for increasing preliminary Renewable Fuel Standards, but the new standard still …
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