Grass-roots effort fuels Cedar Rapids school bond approval
Editorial notes that the $46 million Cedar Rapids Community Schools bond won 73 percent in a turnout of 29 percent, crediting grass-roots organizing and in-person outreach over ads. Neighbors coffee, talks, and direct engagement explained school needs and upkeep, overturning inertia and last year's failed sales tax bid.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ron Corbett
Chamber of Commerce
Court ruling fuels Bush bid for presidency
A 5-4 Supreme Court decision halted Florida vote recounts, giving George W. Bush critical electoral votes and triggering partisan debate. Justice Scalia warned of Bush’s likely success, foreshadowing contentious court nominations for the new president.
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Texas
George W. Bush
al Gore
Florida
Florida Supreme Court
Gore
Bush
Antonin Scalia
High Court
Scalia
Supreme Court
Letter to the Gazette on researching doctor backgrounds
A reader responds to a Nov 11 letter about University of Iowa doctors bonuses, arguing internet research reveals doctors' specialties and priorities. They cite sources like the AMA, Virtual Hospital, UI Hospitals and Clinics Surgery, and the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners, urging public oversight and reporting concerns to avoid retaliation.
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Gazette
Ama-Assn
American Medical Association
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
Des Moines
The Gazette Letters Policy Brief
The Gazette limits letters to 300 words. Include name street address and daytime phone. only name and hometown publish. Submit to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax 319 398 5846 or email gazedit fyiowa com.
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Hillary Clinton to Senate amid Capitol crowd storm
On election night Trent Lott warned Hillary Clinton will be one of a hundred in the Senate and must not be forgotten. The piece notes reporters crowding Capitol halls, Clinton’s rising profile, and contrasts power paths with Daschle and the eight new senators-elect. It references Bill Clinton's legacy and Hillary's past campaign discipline and quotes her Wellesley commencement line.
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Trent Lott
Senate Republicans
Hillary Clinton
Senate
Capitol
New York
Tom Daschle
Lott
Clinton
Bill
Nicholas Thompson
Washington Monthly
Hillary Rodham
Wellesley College
Senator Lott
Employers Go Easy on Babies at Work Sparks Debate
A Washington Post column critiques the trend of letting employees bring infants to desks, calling it a corporate convenience masking real childcare gaps. It argues it increases stress, shifts caregiving burdens, and highlights wider social costs of insufficient paid care and undervalued childcare workers.
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Marjorie
Kansas
Bank
the Times
Kallan
Times
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