Recognizing Bleeding Heartland's talented 2025 guest authors
- Sunday, Jan 4 2026
- Laura Belin
- 0 Comments
Sunshine delayed is sunshine denied
- Saturday, Jan 3 2026
- Randy Evans
- 1 Comment
Public interests and property rights: The pipeline looms for Iowa lawmakers
- Friday, Jan 2 2026
- Emily Boevers
- 3 Comments
The admirables from 2025
- Friday, Jan 2 2026
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
"A strong message": Four takeaways from Renee Hardman's big win
- Wednesday, Dec 31 2025
- Laura Belin
- 4 Comments
A new year’s resolution for Congress: Vote for Iowans, not billionaires
- Wednesday, Dec 31 2025
- Jenny Turner
- 4 Comments
Wendy Wintersteen fell short of what ISU needed
- Monday, Dec 29 2025
- David Elbert
- 9 Comments
Who decides what students must think? Iowa's universities and public trust
- Monday, Dec 29 2025
- Wayne Ford
- 5 Comments
Iowa Senate district 16 preview: Renee Hardman vs. Lucas Loftin
- Sunday, Dec 28 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
Altruism, preventable deaths, and unnecessary ballrooms
- Saturday, Dec 27 2025
- John Kearney
- 2 Comments
Josh Turek: Top draft pick
- Friday, Dec 26 2025
- Chuck Isenhart
- 3 Comments
Celebrating Irishness
- Friday, Dec 26 2025
- Jill Norton
- 2 Comments
On "fair" reporting and what happened at "60 Minutes"
- Thursday, Dec 25 2025
- Laura Belin
- 6 Comments
The real lessons Democrats should learn from the fractured GOP coalition
- Wednesday, Dec 24 2025
- Ralph Rosenberg
- 6 Comments
Hurling a hoagie
- Wednesday, Dec 24 2025
- Kurt Meyer
- 1 Comment
There is no room for silencing dissenters
- Tuesday, Dec 23 2025
- Randy Evans
- 3 Comments
Fox News' Gutfeld mocks Iowa House candidate in mean-spirited segment
- Monday, Dec 22 2025
- Douglas Burns
- 4 Comments
On soup, freedom, and heritage in the heartland
- Sunday, Dec 21 2025
- greg wickenkamp
- 4 Comments
For once, Brenna Bird is "concerned" about something Donald Trump did
- Sunday, Dec 21 2025
- Laura Belin
- 4 Comments
Do rural Iowans even care about themselves?
- Saturday, Dec 20 2025
- Jason Benell
- 8 Comments
Intellectual freedom means exploring all ideas
- Friday, Dec 19 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 6 Comments
Flying the state budget on one engine
- Thursday, Dec 18 2025
- Jon Muller
- 13 Comments
We can't take a chance on IA-03
- Thursday, Dec 18 2025
- Francis Boggus
- 3 Comments
Markets confirm climate crisis
- Thursday, Dec 18 2025
- AJ Jones
- 3 Comments
Five takeaways from the Iowa House district 7 special election
- Tuesday, Dec 16 2025
- Laura Belin
- 4 Comments
Two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria
- Monday, Dec 15 2025
- Robin Opsahl
- 0 Comments
Iowans don't want recycled bad health care ideas for Christmas
- Monday, Dec 15 2025
- Sue Dinsdale
- 1 Comment
Why I support Josh Turek for Senate
- Sunday, Dec 14 2025
- William R. Staplin
- 1 Comment
Miller-Meeks no longer registered to vote in IA-01
- Friday, Dec 12 2025
- Laura Belin
- 5 Comments
Understanding the structural pressures that will shape Iowa from 2026 to 2050
- Thursday, Dec 11 2025
- Wayne Ford
- 2 Comments
Banning books is dangerous
- Wednesday, Dec 10 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 4 Comments
How Democrats can win the Iowa secretary of agriculture race
- Monday, Dec 8 2025
- Matt Russell
- 5 Comments
Miller-Meeks touts praise from Trump in taxpayer-funded ads
- Sunday, Dec 7 2025
- Laura Belin
- 6 Comments
Iowa helping Trump administration build national citizen registry
- Saturday, Dec 6 2025
- Ed Tibbetts
- 2 Comments
Iowaska Church seeks federal exemption to Controlled Substances Act
- Saturday, Dec 6 2025
- carl
- 0 Comments
Politicians do nothing as Social Security cliff approaches
- Friday, Dec 5 2025
- Rick Morain
- 3 Comments
Why Sarah Trone Garriott is the right choice to win back IA-03
- Thursday, Dec 4 2025
- Peggy Huppert
- 2 Comments
Liberty for one drug lord, death sentences for others
- Wednesday, Dec 3 2025
- Randy Evans
- 5 Comments
2,000 central Iowa UnityPoint nurses to vote on unionization
- Tuesday, Dec 2 2025
- Douglas Burns
- 3 Comments
Public school teachers' plates are overflowing
- Monday, Dec 1 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 2 Comments
Why I write about Iowa politics
- Saturday, Nov 29 2025
- Laura Belin
- 2 Comments
Talking turkey: Healthy Kids Iowa fed fewer kids than Summer EBT
- Thursday, Nov 27 2025
- Chuck Isenhart
- 7 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: November stragglers
- Wednesday, Nov 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
School district owes explanation for this goodbye gift
- Wednesday, Nov 26 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
Vice presidents weren't always major political figures
- Wednesday, Nov 26 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
Trump policies ignore basic business principles, threaten U.S. economy
- Tuesday, Nov 25 2025
- Steve Corbin
- 5 Comments
Conservative group attempted image makeover for Brenna Bird
- Sunday, Nov 23 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
Reporter Trump called "Piggy" has an Iowa connection
- Saturday, Nov 22 2025
- Laura Belin
- 3 Comments
The Gazette's new task: maintain local confidence, journalism
- Thursday, Nov 20 2025
- Lyle Muller
- 7 Comments
A prairie lover's guide to the Glacial Trail Scenic Byway
- Wednesday, Nov 19 2025
- James Enright
- 1 Comment
Funding bill includes $16 million for earmarked Iowa projects
- Monday, Nov 17 2025
- Laura Belin
- 2 Comments
The winter legislative dance party is coming
- Monday, Nov 17 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 3 Comments
The Democrats' health care rhetoric is a sham
- Sunday, Nov 16 2025
- Jason Benell
- 3 Comments
What would Bob Ray do?
- Saturday, Nov 15 2025
- Randy Evans
- 1 Comment
"We deserve better": Why Chris Jones may run for secretary of agriculture
- Thursday, Nov 13 2025
- Laura Belin
- 6 Comments
Career politicians left the working class on the tracks—again
- Thursday, Nov 13 2025
- Xavier Carrigan
- 13 Comments
Democrats can win with one weird trick: Fire the consultants
- Wednesday, Nov 12 2025
- Aime Wichtendahl
- 6 Comments
A look at Iowa's 2025 school bond referendums
- Tuesday, Nov 11 2025
- Jeff Morrison
- 3 Comments
How to avoid school board dysfunction
- Monday, Nov 10 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 2 Comments
How Jill Shudak beat the odds in Council Bluffs mayoral race
- Saturday, Nov 8 2025
- Laura Belin
- 5 Comments
Art Cullen tells us the rent is due for Iowa, the nation, and democracy
- Friday, Nov 7 2025
- Douglas Burns
- 5 Comments
Step aside, Nero! There's a new emperor in town
- Thursday, Nov 6 2025
- Herb Strentz
- 1 Comment
Without facts or explanations, the rumor mills grind on
- Thursday, Nov 6 2025
- Randy Evans
- 5 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Smooth blue aster
- Wednesday, Nov 5 2025
- Katie Byerly
- 1 Comment
When hunger becomes a political weapon
- Wednesday, Nov 5 2025
- Mandi Remington
- 2 Comments
What to watch for in New Jersey, Virginia governor's races
- Tuesday, Nov 4 2025
- Dan Guild
- 3 Comments
Will we ever learn?
- Tuesday, Nov 4 2025
- Connie Ryan
- 1 Comment
Thoughts on Randy Feenstra's weird, weak campaign rollout
- Sunday, Nov 2 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
Ongoing government shutdown threatens health care system
- Saturday, Nov 1 2025
- Emily Boevers
- 1 Comment
Beer, trivia, and ballots: How Iowa's youth can take back democracy
- Saturday, Nov 1 2025
- Lexi Farber
- 5 Comments
I was torn on the Des Moines school bond. Why I voted yes
- Friday, Oct 31 2025
- Jessica Vanden Berg
- 0 Comments
Save Social Security before it's too late
- Friday, Oct 31 2025
- Joe Bolkcom
- 3 Comments
GOP ideology threatens U.S. leadership in science, technology
- Friday, Oct 31 2025
- Rick Morain
- 2 Comments
Who's pulling the strings? Seven groups shaping Trump's second term
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- Steve Corbin
- 3 Comments
Iowa, medical cannabis, and federalism
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- carl
- 0 Comments
Iowa Regents should remember board's freedom of expression policy
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- Randy Evans
- 3 Comments
Retired Iowa doctor: Overpopulation threatens humanity
- Thursday, Oct 30 2025
- Steve Dunn
- 1 Comment
Iowa's ruling party bluffing its way through budget mess
- Wednesday, Oct 29 2025
- Ed Tibbetts
- 2 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Witch hazel
- Wednesday, Oct 29 2025
- Beth Lynch
- 1 Comment
Busting five myths about IPERS
- Wednesday, Oct 29 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 5 Comments
Jennifer Konfrst believed in me before I believed in myself
- Tuesday, Oct 28 2025
- Jazlin Coley
- 2 Comments
Why this Republican is supporting Zach Wahls for U.S. Senate
- Tuesday, Oct 28 2025
- Gary Berkland
- 4 Comments
Iowa Republicans chose shutdown over affordable health care
- Monday, Oct 27 2025
- Abigail Paxton
- 2 Comments
Eight classic Claire Celsi moments in the Iowa Senate
- Sunday, Oct 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 3 Comments
Legislators, honor Claire Celsi's memory by taking action
- Saturday, Oct 25 2025
- John Hale
- 2 Comments
Action needed to save the birds and the bees
- Saturday, Oct 25 2025
- Kurt Meyer
- 9 Comments
Congress should work as hard as federal employees going without pay
- Friday, Oct 24 2025
- Rick Morain
- 0 Comments
Lawsuits highlight differing applications of teachers' rights
- Friday, Oct 24 2025
- Randy Evans
- 8 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Blue sage, the bumblebee key
- Wednesday, Oct 22 2025
- Diane Porter
- 1 Comment
"We Can Do Better" shows path for conservation movement
- Wednesday, Oct 22 2025
- Charles Bruner
- 9 Comments
The Elders of No Kings
- Tuesday, Oct 21 2025
- Dan Piller
- 5 Comments
No Kings rallies were an important exercise in "gradually"
- Monday, Oct 20 2025
- Bill Bumgarner
- 3 Comments
The joy of resistance: A gallery of No Kings signs from Iowa
- Sunday, Oct 19 2025
- Laura Belin
- 10 Comments
Anti-LGBTQ laws were never about "protecting children"
- Saturday, Oct 18 2025
- Gordie Felger
- 5 Comments
Improved water quality in Iowa: Now or never?
- Friday, Oct 17 2025
- Pam Mackey Taylor
- 4 Comments
Tax cuts, tariffs, and deadlock
- Friday, Oct 17 2025
- Al Charlson
- 2 Comments
Panel predicts 9% drop in Iowa state tax revenue in current fiscal year
- Friday, Oct 17 2025
- Robin Opsahl
- 4 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Emily Bredthauer
- 1 Comment
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Gerald Ott
- 6 Comments
Before Musk: The first trillionaire of Timbuktu
- Wednesday, Oct 15 2025
- Wayne Ford
- 1 Comment