Environmental Project could lift Iowa growth and image
The Gazettes front page argues for a bold $180 million Environmental Project to build a rain forest in Coralville. It cites Iowa's stagnation, job creation potential, and educational strengths while warning growth, tax base, and appeal issues could persist without bold action.
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Coralville
Gazette
Iowa
Broad Alliance Marshals Support for Marriage Renewal
A diverse group of 140 scholars professionals clergy and officials backed a grass roots marriage movement citing stabilizing trends in divorce and teen pregnancy. They warn against politicization over gay marriage while urging thoughtful policy forums and continued focus on traditional family stability.
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America
David Blankenhorn
Institute For American Values
Mike McManus
Marriage Savers
Blankenhorn
Massachusetts
United States
Cuban policy breaks only hearts in family rifts
The memoir recalls a Cuban American journalist torn by travel bans that block visits to cousins and nieces in Cuba. After Teresita’s death at 62, the author laments U.S. restrictions, noting how Bush era rules strain family ties more than they threaten the regime and highlighting shared grief across the Florida Strait.
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Teresita
Cuba
Miami
Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
U.S.A
Florida Strait
Bush
Forest plans threaten Alaska wildlands and pro life debate
A letter condemns Bush era plans to sell Emerald Bay lands in Glast Ton gas s National Forest and strip landmark protections for 58 million acres. It warns of habitat loss and a future wasteland, urging public outrage to stop the push before inauguration. The piece also includes a separate pro life critique on fertilized eggs and contraception.
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George W. Bush
Republican Congress
Emerald Bay
Alaska
Tongass National Forest
Forest Service
Clinton
Alaskan
Arctic
Bush
Congressional
Wall Street
Steve Singleton
Hiawatha
Kidney donor shares story of life changing transplant
Diane Eglseder and Kathleen Wagner thank The Gazette for coverage of donation and raise awareness of options. Kathleen’s second transplant leaves her dialysis free with a return to life activities. Living donation requires good health and compatible blood type, with noninvasive tests and brief recovery.
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Kathleen Wagner
The
Gazette
Kathleen
Iowa
Iowadonorregistry.org
Diane Eglseder
Iowa City
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