Iowa lawmakers show restraint drives editorial stance
The Gazette argues lawmakers in Iowa showed restraint by funneling many bills and halting several contentious moves. It cautions that measures like education savings accounts and drastic changes to licenses or penalties were kept from advancing, urging collaboration and careful budget and policy work ahead.
Iowa bottle bill call and voting rights letters
Readers urge raising the bottle deposit from five to ten cents and keeping same day voter registration along with broader early voting. They warn against restricting access and criticize gun law changes, voicing civic frustration from Decorah to Cedar Rapids.
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Dinosaur giants loom large at American Museum of Natural History
Lenore Skenazy notes the titanosaur on display as a 3-D cast with an 8 foot thighbone and a sprawling skull. The exhibit also features about 30 fossil bones from the diplodocus found in 1897 by Barnum Brown and Henry Fairfield Osborn, launching the museum’s dinosaur collection.
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Late-term abortion debate from a personal perspective
A reader shares a painful account of anencephaly and late-term abortion to urge lawmakers to reconsider Senate File 53 which would ban abortions after 20 weeks. The piece argues the bill harms families by removing options when pregnancy outcomes are hopeless and emphasizes emotional grief and medical realities.
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