Quotes of the Week Highlight Community Voices
A compilation of campus and civic leaders from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City sharing reflections on food relief stigma mental health awareness park renovation music origins and affordable housing finds. Notable speakers include Barb Kane Riley Richards Dee Baird Krystal Gladden and Kathy Moser.
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Riley Richards
University of Iowa School of Social Work
Dee Baird
Cedar Rapids
Krystal Gladden
Kathy Moser
Schultz Criticized Iowa Office and Gibbons Scandal Highlight
A political critique targets Secretary of State Matt Schultz over keeping Jim Gibbons in a no show position and misusing funds from Help America Vote Act. The piece notes a PPP poll showing Branstad 43 percent and Hatch 38 percent, amid a graft controversy and a tribute to Gene Sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Schultz
Peter
Jim Gibbons
Schultz
Gibbons
Mary Mossman
Terry Branstad
Jack Hatch
Branstad
Hatch
Grant Woodard
Gov
PPP
Progress Iowa
Margy Becker
Gene
Iowa
Chuck Offenburger
Chuck
Sand
Central Ave
Midwest
Margy
Chicago Bears
Dubuque
Douglas T. Bates III
Vigilance On Mental Health Care From Iowa Delegation
Nancy Hale praises Grassley Harkin and the Iowa delegation for stopping CMS from limiting Medicare Part D to six protected drug classes. She notes mental illness requires varied medicines and warns against access loss risking hospitalization homelessness or death. NAMI Iowa supports Part D and cites Harvard data on taxpayer savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Chuck Grassley
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Medicare
Nami Iowa
Harvard Medical School
Senate Finance Committee
Grassley
CMS
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Barb Kane
Metro Catholic Outreach
Is It
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John Deeth
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Matt
Iowa Horserace
Iowahorserace.com
Mike Glover
Offenburger
Offenburger.com
Gene Sand
Dubuque and Loras College
Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Secretary of Agriculture
Bill Northey
State Capitol
Des Moines
Nancy Hale
The
National Alliance On Mentalliness
Namliowa.com
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