Branstad Looms Over Labor Reform Talks in Iowa
Branstad tightens stance toward labor unions in Iowa as Shearer’s report and a new budget plan fail to ease tensions. lawmakers debate Chapter 20 changes, arbitration limits, and PEPRB roles while Branstad seeks common sense reforms with GOP and Democratic partners.
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Chet Culver
Public Employee Relations Board
Lance Horbach
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Labor Committee
Horbach
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Davenport
Bill Gluba
Tim Albrecht
Gluba
Albrecht
Gronstal
Tom Courtney
Burlington
Courtney
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United Auto Workers
Case IH
Danny Holman
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
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Viola Gibson remembered as civil rights pioneer and teacher
Diane Hoefer recalls Viola Gibson a Cedar Rapids civil rights activist who helped desegregate Ell is Park 1942 and promoted African American history in local schools. Gibson a founder of the local NAACP died 1989 at 83 leaving a legacy of public service and education for youths.
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Diane Hoefer
Gibson
Ellis Park
Toyomi Igus
Culver City
Calif
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Iowa
Jane Boyd Community House
Cedar
Nature
Juanita Smith
Cedar Rapids
Will Gibson
Igus
The
Viola Gibson
Chicago Dibs Parking Sparks Blizzard Time Tradition
After the blizzard, Chicago residents revive the dibs ritual using chairs and objects to mark spots. City law bans the practice, but neighbors defend it as etiquette, with candidates and police noting mixed views and ongoing tensions.
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Chicago
Chris Sheaffer
North Side
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Daley
Jody Weis
Weis
Max Rosario
Roscoe Village
Obama hosts Super Bowl party despite Bears absence
President Obama throws a White House Super Bowl party with about 100 guests from both parties. The event features guests Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez and a pregame interview tie in with Fox and CBS anchors. He remains neutral about teams after past loyalties and notes no sitting president has attended a Super Bowl.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Bears
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Tom Barrett
Fox
Bill O'Reilly
White House
Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez
NFL
Miami Dolphins
Obama
New Orleans Saints
Steelers
Legend of the lowriders leads funeral in East L A
Jesse Valadez founder of Imperial Car Club dies at 64 from colon cancer. His pink 1963 Impala Gypsy Rose, famous from Chico and the Man, headed a Southern California funeral procession of lowriders. Neighbors and car culture figures praise his role in popularizing the scene.
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L.A
California
Las Vegas
Jesse Valadez
Imperial Car Club
Valadez
Armando
Jesse
Gypsy Rose
NBC
Chico and the
Man
Joe
Ray
Lowrider Magazine
Whittier Boulevard
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