Iowa groups honor donors and communities across Iowa
Multiple items highlight generosity and regional progress. Veryl Detwiler gives 50000 to Homers the Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity for a memory house for a widow and four children. Betty Andres pledges 2 million to Upper Iowa University for new offices and classrooms. Rockwell Collins underlines Mars mission ties with a Carlsbad supplier. Hiawatha earns a RAGBRAI overnight stop on July 29 between Marshalltown and Maquoketa.
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Iowa Valley Habitat For Humanity
Baird
Stephen
Iowa City
Veryl Detwiler
Upper Iowa University
Clermont
Betty Andres
Andres
Florida
Upper Iowa
Bill
Target
Hiawatha
Ragbrai
Des Moines
Iowa
Marshalltown
Maquoketa
Cedar Rapids council vie over cooperation in budget talks
Four Cedar Rapids City Hall commissioners debated council unity in Editorial Board sessions. Don Thomas faulted lack of common goals while Mayor Paul Pate defended the process as normal dissent in a tough budget cycle.
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Cedar Rapids City Hall
Don Thomas
Paul) Pate
Lyle Hanson
David Zahn
Pate
Hanson
Wade Wagner
Immigrant legal status debate and Iowa wildlife concerns
A letter argues for work-ethic immigrants to receive legal status and participate in the economy, while criticizing political spending. It also condemns mountain lion hunting in Iowa and calls for wildlife conservation programs, education, tranq relocation, and public awareness, urging action by the Iowa DNR and local agencies. Gary Benesh, Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Dnr
Minnesota
DNR
Linn County Conservation Board
Rock Island
Cedar Valley
Linn County Conservation Directors
Board of Supervisors
Gary Benesh
Cedar Rapids
Scalia urged to rethink neutrality after duck hunting trip
A joint January duck-hunting trip with Vice President Cheney and Justice Antonin Scalia at a private Louisiana camp spurred debate over judicial impartiality. The trip occurred as the Supreme Court weighed Cheney's energy policy case, raising questions about public perception and potential conflicts of interest. Lubet notes the need for true neutrality and cites past justices who distanced themselves from politics.
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Steven Lubet
Los Angeles Times
Wlington Post
Dick Cheney
U.S. Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Scalia
Cheney
Bush
National Energy Policy Development Group
Enron
Kenneth Lay
Sierra Club
Judicial Watch
The
Wallace Carline
White House
NEPDG
Ironi
Cally
Felix Frankfurter
Byron R. White
Earl Warren
William J. Brennan
Ducks
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Scott Swenson
Kim Hefley
Peg Schmitz
Gazette Communications
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Chuck Peters
Ken Slaughter
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