Cedar Rapids school board urged to lead on misconduct probe
The Gazette editorial presses Cedar Rapids Community School District to fully investigate a substitute teacher's inappropriate relationship with a 17 year old student. It questions why September trained investigators did not follow policy and calls for clear public actions, stronger policies, and accountability from board members.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Iowa
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
John Laverty
Gary Anhalt
Foster
Brad Buck
Gold Star stamps and guns in a Citizens’ letter mix
A reader recalls a World War II tribute stamp and urges renewed Gold Star recognition. The letter argues for protecting Second Amendment rights, warning that Hillary Clinton would nominate justices endangering gun owners’ freedoms. It urges voters to consider civil rights in the election.
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Iraq
Harriet Kalinsky
Cedar Rapids
Hillary Clinton
U.S. Supreme
District of Columbia
Heller
McDonald
Chicago
Clinton
Supreme Court
John Allen Marion
Foster for Iowa House District 65 Aims to Protect Freedoms
Letter writer supports candidate Harry Foster in the Iowa House District 65 race against Rep. Liz Bennett. Foster emphasizes government to protect freedoms, infrastructure, welfare, education, public safety, health care, jobs, and reducing hidden taxes. Campaign page cited.
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Liz Bennett
Iowa
Harry Foster
Rep
Bennett
Foster
Fosterforiowa
Civility decline and race in Walter Williams essay
Walter Williams reflects on civility among Black Philadelphians from the 1950s to the 1980s. He credits strong two parent families and orderly schools with less violence, blaming later social changes from the 1960s for the decline and urging internal solutions over external blame. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
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Richard Allen
Philadelphia
Tively
Walter E. Williams
George Mason University
Regulatory shift quickens waste rules in Iowa
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Commission approved an emergency rule limiting new wastewater treatment plant pollution control costs to 115 percent of base costs. Critics urge environmental benefit analysis, but DNR officials cite time constraints and a conundrum for communities awaiting needed capacity. The change follows petitions by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry and others. The rule took effect Friday.
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Department of Natural Resources
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Environmental Protection Commission
EPC
Iowa
Iowa Environmental Council
DNR
Iowa Association of Business and Industry
League of Cities
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
Lee Tack
Gipp
Iowa Abi
Branstad Administration
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