Windfall or progress Donors face sales tax bill bogged in committee
The Iowa Legislature debates a bill to remit sales tax on construction materials for public IRD funded projects like the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The bill could unlock about 100000 in remitted taxes, influencing donors and local financing, with lawmakers split on false economy versus progress.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Library Foundation
Hall Foundation
Metropolitan Foundation
Cedar Rapids
Iowa bike law update aims for equal rights with drivers
The bill would let bicycle riders seek damages in court when at fault drivers cause injury, aligning Iowa with 49 of 50 states. It requires riders keep right when possible and imposes no extra licensing costs, while urging safer riding amid ongoing legislative delays.
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Iowa
Senate
Cedar Rapids
Reagan era reverses affirmative action policy across federal courts
The Justice Department under President Reagan abandons the long standing remedy of general hiring goals for discrimination. The Boston case showed how goals preserved black representation after layoffs but a New Orleans suit raises stakes as a consent decree aims to promote blacks and whites into supervisory roles. The administration argues relief should target identifiable victims only, threatening a broad end to affirmative action.
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New York
Department of Justice
Reagan
Justice Department
Boston
Supreme Court
Department
New Orleans
Reagan Administration
Fifth Circuit
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
White House
Justice
William French Smith
EEOC
Smith
Court
Commission
Fire
Questioning Holocaust Museum on the Mall
A writer rebukes Secretary James Watt for tasteless remarks about the Holocaust and reflects on whether a Holocaust Museum on the Mall is appropriate. He recalls Buchenwald’s horrors, cites Churchill and others, and argues education may be needed to preserve national values for future generations.
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Washington
Lincoln
George Washington
The
United States
Mr. James Watt
Interior
Richard Nixon
Dean Acheson
Grant
Venice
Watt
America
Mr. Watt
James Watt
I Have Given Up Loving Animals
The narrator argues animals instinctively bully humans and that he cannot love animals. He recalls dogs Bruno and Mitzi who threatened him, notes his growing caution, and describes living with two dogs who pretend affection to gain favor while he keeps his guard in place.
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Bruno
Mitzi
Boyburger
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John Glenn
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Tom Braden
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Russell Baker
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