Travel costs of six senators to Farnborough Airshow raise questions
The Gazette analyzes a lawmakers trip to the Farnborough Airshow near London July 15 to 20 by six senators Cochran Graham Shelby Inhofe Harkin and Dodd. It estimates lodging meals and transit costs while noting incomplete accounting and calls for prompt transparent travel reports and public learning outcomes.
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Mississippi
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South Carolina
Richard Shelby
Alabama
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Oklahoma
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Iowa
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Letters urge unity over aid bill for Ground Zero heroes
Readers criticize both parties for delaying help for first responders exposed to toxic air at Ground Zero. They argue the tax concerns cited mask a conflict over closing tax havens for multinationals and call Congress to act, urging reflection on national values and civic duty.
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Julie Freese
Cedar Rapids
Moral rot and law by fiat fuel political divisive battles
In Kathleen Parker’s column, moral character yields to vigilante law as federal judges overturn popular will on same sex marriage. The piece blasts judges like Vaughn Walker, warns of constitutional backbones eroding, and links social decay to shifts since the 1960s along with religious warnings from Meese and biblical references.
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Anthony Kennedy
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Henry's Turkey Service fined far less than wage theft
The Iowa case against Henry's Turkey Service over illegal deductions from cognitively disabled workers pay at West Liberty Foods resulted in a state fine of 174,660 dollars after an administrative judge trimmed 85 percent from a recommended 1.1 million. The ruling keeps federal suits pending and highlights alleged long running abuses and room and board payments feeding the wage scheme.
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