Iowas medical board saga needs clearer public explanations
The Gazette editorial calls for transparency as Iowa Board of Medicine leader Mark Bowden faces suspension, reinstatement votes, and abrupt retirement amid questions. It urges lawmakers to strengthen the public-notice law so officials cannot shield missteps as personnel matters.
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Rebuilding the Iowa Social Compact Through Education and Balance
Town letter argues citizens owe each other a social compact reinforced by public policy. Fred Hubbell’s plan to make higher education affordable would require graduates to return to rural areas after college. A second letter urges restoring constitutional checks and balances by alternating party control, urging cross party support in elections and recalibrating later if needed. Christopher Epting Town City.
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MeToo and women’s votes reshape midterm landscape
Froma Harrop argues female candidates mobilize voters though enthusiasm is tempered by anticlimax. She notes rising female candidacy, MeToo effects, and polls showing suburban women favoring Democrats, urging voters to judge candidates on merit, not gender.
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Issue One backs money in politics reform with Iowa voices
Iowa voices support Issue One a government ethics group urging transparency in federal policymaking and curbing money in politics Former U S Reps Jim Leach and Berkeley Bedell spoke at a Des Moines event highlighting goals such as disclosure of government contracting spending lobbyist fundraising limits and a reorganization of the FEC and Office of Government Ethics Polls show broad support for reform though current lawmakers face fundraising pressures and independent voters surge.
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