The end of any Iowa legislative session brings a flurry of list-making. Winners and losers. Alive and dead. Accomplishments and …
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The end of any Iowa legislative session brings a flurry of list-making. Winners and losers. Alive and dead. Accomplishments and …
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When Gary Hinzman founded the non-profit Community Corrections Improvement Association in 1991, the goal was to create community programs that …
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Staff Editorials Jun. 2, 2015 7:00 am3781d ago
People make mistakes. So it comes as little shock that a Johnson County staff member would have inaccurately assessed taxes …
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Staff Editorials Jun. 2, 2015 1:32 pm3780d ago
Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series of columns written by community representatives to The Gazette’s editorial …
Staff Editorials May. 29, 2015 5:00 am3785d ago
The Knutson Building has been standing on the west side of the Cedar River downtown since 1887. We think it …
Staff Editorials May. 27, 2015 7:00 am3787d ago
Hopes and dreams and debt. That is what a majority of Iowa’s recent college graduates are left with as they …
Staff Editorials May. 24, 2015 5:00 am3790d ago
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget plan delivers the right message about the nation’s massive and critical infrastructure needs. …
Staff Editorials May. 22, 2015 9:23 am3791d ago
Here we go again. The Iowa Legislature is mired in a stalemate over the size and scope of the state’s …
Staff Editorials May. 20, 2015 9:46 am3793d ago
We are not scientists. But when 188 researchers and scientists from 39 Iowa colleges and universities call on legislators to …
Staff Editorials May. 19, 2015 1:52 pm3794d ago
It’s commencement season; a time to offer heartfelt congratulations to Corridor and Iowa graduates, and to their families and instructors …
Staff Editorials May. 15, 2015 7:59 am3798d ago
We share the concerns of state lawmakers seeking to rein in the use of eminent domain powers to obtain the …
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Staff Editorials May. 13, 2015 6:00 am3801d ago
Animal advocates say Iowa is one of the worst states for ‘puppy mills” – large-scale dog breeding operations that treat …
Staff Editorials May. 12, 2015 10:45 am3801d ago
Iowa lawmakers are considering a deal that would keep two government-run mental health institutes operating through December while the state …
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The past three decades haven’t been all wine and roses for the south-central Iowa community of Melcher-Dallas, but there’s no …
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