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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Letter to the Editor: Vote Mary Mosiman for state auditor

Letter to the Editor: Vote Mary Mosiman for state auditor

April 25, 2018
Current Auditor of State Mary Mosiman has the needed experience to protect Iowa taxpayers.
Kim Reynolds talks at Hy-Vee in Coralville during her 99 Counties tour on Thursday, April 5, 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Letter to the Editor: Mid-year budget cuts irresponsible

April 16, 2018
The Legislature’s failed promises ultimately burden communities, not the politicians who make them.
Letter to the Editor: In defense of state auditor candidate Rob Sand

Letter to the Editor: In defense of state auditor candidate Rob Sand

April 9, 2018
State-auditor candidate Rob Sand ‘prioritizes public interest over his personal politics.’
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Gov. Terry Branstad along with their spouses wave to the crowd at the West Des Moines Marriott on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (The Daily Iowan/Anna Kilzer)

Letters to the Editor: Fund the backfill, corrections to voter turnout column

March 28, 2018

Ask your legislator to back the backfill The Iowa Legislature should fully fund the backfill. In 2013, state law was changed to reduce the amount of taxes that local governments get from commercial and...

Letters to the Editor: Remembering U.S. wars, preventing school violence

Letters to the Editor: Remembering U.S. wars, preventing school violence

March 18, 2018
Today’s letters to the editor reflect on U.S. war involvement and how leaders must work to prevent tragedy.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with members of the media during the third annual Joni Ernst Roast and Ride fundraiser event at Big Barn Harley Davidson in Des Moines on Saturday, June, 3, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Letter to the Editor: Grassley responds to editorial on gun violence

March 1, 2018
The Iowa senator says every child deserves to feel safe in school, and we must work together to accomplish this.
Letter to the editor: To truly fund education, our tax dollars should fund the product

Letter to the editor: To truly fund education, our tax dollars should fund the product

February 22, 2018
=In response to a DI writer’s column, the public needs to consider how the state funds schools, not education.
The Pomerantz Center, which houses—amongst other offices—the University of Iowa’s Admissions Visitor’s Center, on Monday, 30 Oct., 2017.

Letter to the Editor: Career Center defends job listings

February 19, 2018
The Pomerantz Career Center responds to a Daily Iowan column critical of its online tool HireaHawk.
Cows are seen at the Blomme family farm in Ladora, Iowa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The farm, which produces corn, soybeans, pork, and beef, has been in the family for over 80 years. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Letter to the Editor: UISG responds to decision behind ‘Meatless Mondays’

February 14, 2018

On, Feb. 5, outside the Burge, Catlett, and Hillcrest Marketplaces, members of the University of Iowa Student Government (UISG) offered general information to students about the environmental impacts of...

Letter to the editor: Working at the Crisis Center

Letter to the editor: Working at the Crisis Center

February 2, 2018
A volunteer at the Crisis Center of Johnson County says taking calls from those in need has been a great experience.
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

January 23, 2018
Today’s letters to the editor call on the Iowa Legislature to prioritize water quality, gun control, bipartisanship.
Letter to the editor: Supporting survivors of sexual violence

Letter to the editor: Supporting survivors of sexual violence

December 11, 2017

I am writing to you and your readers in the hope that I might be able to be a little helpful and supportive.  When I was a 25-year-old college student back in the 1970s, I was very badly sexually harassed...