Public input page shows limited response from Iowa lawmakers
Citizens share ideas on the Legislature website asking for tax free paid holidays and easier voting records access while editors note most comments go unanswered. Lawmakers say they rarely read the page, though some changes like landowner liability protections followed from posted input.
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Coke
Pepsi
Terry FE. Branstad
Bobby Kaufmann
R-Wilton
Kaufmann
Jacoby
Lorna Hedinger
Adams County Nursing Home
Tam
Hedinger
Sponse
Rod Freeseman
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Freeseman
Teaira Cooksey
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa
Cooksey
Global alert warns of AQAP threat before August
The State Department issued a worldwide alert citing potential terrorist attacks in the Middle East and North Africa through August. Al Qaeda affiliates, notably AQAP in Yemen, remain capable despite leadership losses, with experts saying warnings aim to deter travelers despite a remote chance of impact.
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North Africa
al-Qaida
State Department
United States
Ali al-Shihri
Yemen
Dutch Ruppersberger
Maryland
House Intelligence Committee
Arabian Peninsula
AQAP
U.S
Anwar al-Awlaki
West
Seth Jones
International Security and Defense Policy Center
Rand Corp
Jones
Hiawatha Music in the Park concert scenes
The first week of the monthlong Hiawatha Music in the Park series at Guthridge Park captures Jenni Lisenbee with Crazy De licious performing as Cedar Rapids attendee Carolyn Plaza and her daughters seek shelter from rain in Hi awatha.
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Jenni Lisenbee
Crazy Delicious
Hiawatha
Carolyn Plaza
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte
Claire
FDA probes cyclospora outbreak tied to salad mix
Cyclospora illness has affected 400 people in 16 states with Iowa and Nebraska reporting dozens of cases. FDA and state health officials continue environmental assessments and monitor leafy greens from Mexico while Taylor Farms recalls prior produce and asserts its products sold in stores were not involved. Rich Jeffers notes linked restaurant outlets are unidentified.
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FDA
Mexico
Taylor Farms
Eisenman
Iowa
Nebraska
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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