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Tue., January 26, 2021 This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Tuesday, Jan. 26. Our gentle blizzard will continue into Tuesday morning. According to the National Weather Service, the snow that began in the Cedar Rapids area around 2:00 p.m. Monday and continued overnight will only completely abate around 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The high is expected to be 24 degrees, and as one expects when more than a half of foot of new snow falls, blowing snow will be a concern. Exercise caution when traveling through Tuesday evening, when thankfully ...

Republicans Can Agree to Disagree Over Democracy Hans Noel © Getty / The Atlantic Less than six hours after rioters forced legislators to stop their debate over certifying the electors from Arizona on January 6, senators were back on the floor again. The insurrection failed to stop Congress from playing its constitutional role in certifying Joe Biden as the next president. That may be a metaphor for the resilience of American institutions under assault, but the Senate’s quick return to business also shows that the antidemocratic attitudes of the protesters were nothing new...

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Fri., January 22, 2021 The Iowa Capitol building in Des Moines (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) Be sure to subscribe to The Gazette Daily news podcast, or just tell your Amazon Alexa enabled device to “enable The Gazette Daily News skill" so you can get your daily briefing by simply saying “Alexa, what’s the news?" If you prefer podcasts, you can also find us on iTunes. This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Friday, Jan. 22. It will be sunny Friday, but quite cold. According to the National Weather Service there will be a high of 17 de...

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