Cedar Rapids road safety gains from polymer concrete treatment
The Iowa Department of Transportation reports crashes down more than half and injuries by over 80 percent on I 380 after a polymer concrete treatment with sharp aggregate was applied to the S curve in downtown Cedar Rapids. The $494 000 project covered 1.8 miles and is expected to last eight years. Police note traffic cameras added four years ago also reduced accidents.
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Interstate 380
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
Jeff Pomeranz
Ron Corbett
Pomeranz
Voters urged to choose two new Cedar Rapids at large council candidates
A Cedar Rapids letter writer urges safe, reflective behavior on streets at dawn. A separate message promotes local election turning on two at large council seats, endorsing Knox Seymour and Donald A. Karr Jr. with a call for civic leadership and term limit perspectives.
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Cedar Rapids
Knox Seymour
Chuck
Telemedicine benefits shrouded by abortion rule debate
A front page notes telemedicine aids medical care outside clinics, while the Iowa Board of Medicine's August rule restricting abortion-related telemedicine faced court halts in November. The writer urges overturning the rule, praising telemedicine's value for all patients and lamenting its use to limit women's health options.
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Iowa Board of Medicine
Iowa
Laura Hahnlowa
Widespread aging issues and scams highlight community concerns
The Heritage Agency's Meals on Wheels program delivers nearly 400 000 home meals across Linn Johnson Benton Cedar Jones Johnson Iowa and Washington counties with an 8 percent rise in participants in fiscal 2013 while federal funding fell by 44 000 causing 54 000 fewer meals. Cedar Rapids resident Leslie King leads local lead poisoning awareness as Iowa faces four times the national rate. University of Iowa community faces rising phishing scams as campus email fraud grows and security efforts intensify.
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Heritage Agency
Linn
Johnson
Benton
Cedar
Jones
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Leslie King
University of Iowa
Panderer in Chief Honest About Ideology Claims
The piece argues Obama hides his liberal ideology behind pragmatism in promoting Obamacare. It cites Halperin and Heilemann’s Double Down and John Harwood’s Times analysis noting the law’s ideological imperatives and distributional effects.
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Obama
Seattle
White House
Mark Halperin
John Heilemann
John Harwood
New York Times
Budget must invest in America and restore growth
A statement from Richard Trumka and Ken Sagar criticizes the Tea Party led shutdown, cites 120000 jobs lost in two weeks, and 0.25 percent fourth quarter growth decrease. It urges repealing sequester, ending tax breaks for the wealthy, and passing immigration reform to create jobs and protect workers.
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Washington
Tom Latham
Iowa
Congress
Reason
America
Congressional Budget Office
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Catherine McAuley
Glen Walters
Donald A. Karr Jr
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Gramma
Ralph Russell
Susie Weinacht
Carlotta
Thegazette.com
Jonah Goldberg
Halperin
Heilemann
Richard Trumka
Afl-Cio
Ken Sagar
Iowa Federation of Labor
Lance
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