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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2013
Page
1
In a Class 2A regional final at West High, the Regals upset the fourth-ranked North Linn 43 to 41. Alburnett’s viral video story and other local notes appear elsewhere in the Iowa City section.
The Gazette reports river level updates and the latest weather outlook for the region. Readers are advised to monitor local advisories and prepared for potential flooding in flood-prone areas.
Casino investors and site consultants urge a Linn County location near Interstate 380 across the Cedar River from downtown or opposite the Quaker Oats plant. At a Cedar Rapids news conference, investor Steve Gray argued the west-side sites would boost the city’s convention center, hotel and arena while Cedar Rapids taxpayers have funded related developments.
A Waterloo casino joins Riverside to oppose Linn county casino plans and 127A convention complex with hotel projects. The casino seeks casino financing to fill hotel rooms and support entertainment for the arena.
Iowa lawmakers face a partisan split with Democrats 26 24 in the Senate and Republicans 53 47 in the House as over 1600 bill requests crowd the Capitol. Analysts expect a large share to die before April deadlines with many recycled ideas from prior sessions.
A sample of proposed bills includes drug testing for state aid recipients, smoking bans in state casinos, term limits for elected officials, a moratorium on new gaming licenses, and constitutional limits on legislative taxing and spending. Other items require helmet use for riders under 18, headlights and safe passing distances, pet inclusion in protective orders, a revived limited death penalty, and consumer fireworks sales regulation in Iowa.
Profs argue a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, fueling intense storms even as overall snowfall declines. New studies suggest bigger blizzards could recur while annual snow totals drop, a trend linked to human driven climate change.
A winter weather advisory predicts snow entering the region with accumulating totals. The forecast calls for colder temperatures and blanket coverage of major roads and side streets, potentially impacting travel plans.
In a major study of U S patients hip replacements fail slightly more often in women than men with women 29 percent more likely to need a repeat surgery within three years. The overall risk remains low and which implant models suit women best is still unclear.
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