Regarding the Aug. 17 article “Iowa GOP legislative leaders ‘have no interest’ in changes to IPERS,” I opine IPERS should …
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Matt Nilsson Letters to the Editor Sep. 4, 2025 6:00 am1d ago
Regarding the Aug. 17 article “Iowa GOP legislative leaders ‘have no interest’ in changes to IPERS,” I opine IPERS should …
Terence Turnovsky Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2025 6:41 am2d ago
The EPA’s decision to remove seven stream segments from the Iowa impaired waters list is a leap backward for public …
Jennifer Karpf
Letters to the Editor Sep. 2, 2025 6:00 am3d ago
Before I came to know the LORD, my personality was mostly negative. I was paranoid, anxious, fearful, impatient, insecure, jealous, …
Jonathan Sulgrove
Letters to the Editor Sep. 1, 2025 6:00 am4d ago
As a recent college graduate, I’m entering the workforce with excitement for what lies ahead. Like many young professionals, I’m …
Elizabeth Newton
Letters to the Editor Sep. 1, 2025 6:00 am4d ago
I know you folks have enough on your plate, but I need to add another side dish. As a Federal …
Elaine St. Clair
Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2025 6:58 pm2d ago
The politics we are experiencing will change. We can do two things at the same time — protest the president’s …
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Cecil Roper
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 6:00 am5d ago
Beef! It ain’t what’s for dinner anymore. That’s the popular response to the tripling of beef prices in the past …
Larry Milroy
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 6:00 am5d ago
According to the “Our CR” city publication of August 2025, Paving for Progress “launched in 2014 … more than a …
Dave Siebert
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 6:00 am5d ago
The goings on at Columbia and other universities since 10/7 regarding Israel have been something of an abstraction for me …
Eileen McDermott
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 6:00 am5d ago
What is with the price of beef? All groceries have gone up but come on … $7.97 for a pound …
Denny Mills
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 6:00 am5d ago
Anything in common here? Remove Smithsonian slavery and impeachment displays. National Guard for declining D.C. crime. Stop funding scientific research. …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 6:00 am5d ago
You might recall a book written 20 years ago by Al Gore which described the science behind climate change, aka …
Christopher Crossett
Letters to the Editor Aug. 31, 2025 12:27 am5d ago
I’ve seen Medicaid save more lives than politics ever will — and what’s really undermining it isn’t misuse by patients. …
Tom Rendon
Letters to the Editor Aug. 29, 2025 7:06 am7d ago
This is the final month for Gov. Reynolds’ Healthy Kids Iowa (HKI) program. Since June, the state has been providing a …
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