Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that federal funding for wind and solar energy projects will be slashed. The …
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that federal funding for wind and solar energy projects will be slashed. The …
Cedar Rapids smartly signed on to a national class action lawsuit against water polluters, and a settlement will provide funds …
A clear majority of Johnson County residents who answered a survey commissioned by the county support a new county sheriff’s …
Iowa’s Board of Regents has decided its next target on state university campuses is what it calls “indoctrination.” It could …
When backers of a casino in Cedar Rapids unveiled its latest push to win a state license in 2022, the …
Iowa has been trying for decades to plug Iowa’s brain drain, shorthand for the flow of educated young people leaving …
Pints & Politics
A periodic, lighthearted look at Iowa political news from The Gazette's opinion desk.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is preparing to investigate the University of Iowa for failing to destroy all remnants of …
Alliant Energy wants to build a natural gas-fired power plant on the south side of Fairfax to serve large new …
Top Iowa Republican leaders have mobilized to defend bacon. What is the threat to bacon? It’s Proposition 12, a measure …
A majority of Cedar Rapids City Council members voted this week to eliminate the city’s citizen police review board. The …
Just before passing President Donald Trump’s 2025 big, beautiful tax and budget reconciliation bill, Republicans threw a bone to Senators, …
Will Donald Trump pull back his mass deportation drive to spare Iowa farmers and agribusinesses who need migrants to fill …
Drive across Iowa’s landscape, and you’ll likely see a lot of corn and soybean fields. In between are lakes, rivers, …
Thanks in large part to nitrate fertilizer pollution from farming operations in Iowa, the state’s waterways, which are public resources, …
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