Editorials Highlight Local Tools and Honors in Iowa Corridor
The Gazette reports Iowa City residents can track police calls via an online map showing the past 30 days of service by neighborhood. Cedar Rapids salute with BRAVO awards to Corridor businesses and community groups. Sgt. Salvatore Giunta from Hiawatha is nominated for the Medal of Honor, a distinction shared by fewer than 3,500 since the Civil War era.
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Cedar Rapids Area
Hiawatha
Salvatore Giunta
James W. Grimes
Iowa
Flooding expected to rise in Iowa by midcentury says expert
An Iowa State University professor reviews climate studies and warns that flooding will become more common in Iowa, especially during midsummer, by the mid- century. Tax receipts lag with November down 7.9 percent and a similar full year downturn forecast. Cedar Rapids Public Library operates a downtown satellite site at 221 Third St SE, offering limited services and noting low awareness among residents.
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Legislative Service Agency
Cedar Rapids
Voices on health care reform and energy policy debate
Letters discuss higher premiums under reform, tax inequities, and calls to oppose the plan. Other pieces critique Environment Iowa’s coal report, defend carbon dioxide as a byproduct of combustion, and question pardons in Arkansas politics.
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Congressional Budget Office
U.S
Gazette Money Page
Environment Lowa
Iowa
EPA
Dale Fitzgibbons
Cedar Rapids
Climategate not driving Copenhagen failure or cap and trade
The piece argues Climategate should not sink Copenhagen or cap and trade. It notes fossil fuel powerhouses and oil sands in Canada block decisive action, the US and other nations avoiding draconian caps, and Kyoto’s futility given developing-country exclusion.
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City Journal
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Clinton
Senate
Pearl Harbor memory and national resolve endure in reflection
Peter Hankoff recalls how Pearl Harbor shaped America, noting isolationist moods on December 7 1941 and how the nation united to rebuild and persevere. He highlights survivors, the search for forgiveness, and the lasting lesson that resilience defines a people and a nation.
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N.Y
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Pearl Harbor
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