Iowa Healthiest State Initiative Aims to Tackle Obesity
The Gazette outlines Iowa's obesity challenge linking to chronic disease and recalls top 20 state rankings. The editorial promotes the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative led by the governor Wellmark and Hy-Vee, aiming to shift lifestyles through awareness, Start Somewhere Walk, and the Blue Zones Project over five years with measurable health and costs outcomes.
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Owa
Wellmark Blue Cross
Iowa
Gallup
Wellmark
Dan Buettner
Albert Lea, Minn
Readers critique radio content and national economic policy
A reader blasts a local radio morning show as vile and urges sponsors to boycott. The letter also notes concerns about debt ceiling debates, S and P downgrades, and critiques federal tax subsidies for credit unions. The writer cites President Obama’s Iowa visit and calls for infrastructure investment, energy independence, and fair trade enforcement.
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KDAT
America
Environmental Protection Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Community Bank
IRS
Iowa
United States
Dale J. Torpey
Federation Bank
Washington
Community Bankers of Iowa
Britain Faces Split Culture and Riots Reflections
A reflective piece notes two Englands in Essex and London aftermath. It cites multicultural policy, the English Defence League, and calls for unified standards. The author mentions Cameron, Bratton, and policing ideas to restore order and social cohesion.
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Britain
Essex
London
David Cameron
New Yorker
English Defence League
Lauren Collins
Luton
Iraq
Butchers of
Basra
Cameron
Bill Bratton
Boston
New York
Los Angeles
Bratton
Corporations are people in Romney tax debate take
Steven G. Horwitz argues that Romney’s remark that corporations are people reveals a core economic fallacy. Taxing corporations inevitably shifts costs to individuals through higher prices wages or reduced dividends, risking cannibalizing the economy and maintaining high corporate tax burdens.
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Mitt Romney
Iowa
Romney
Washington
Exchange
Harvard
University of Michigan
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