Time Check Center relocation gains support for Cleveland Park
The editorial urges moving the Time Check Recreation Center to Cleveland Park to avoid flood risk and serve nearby schools. A city task force backs the site after FEMA raised earlier concerns about the original location. A public hearing is set for March 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church to discuss details and address neighbor worries.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Cleveland Park
FEMA
Cleveland
Harrison and Taylor
Roosevelt Middle
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Ave
Letters on guns, cinema violence, and Linn County casino debate
A reader argues against gun restrictions while warning of a slide to limited ammo and taxation. laments media violence and youth desensitization. critiques casino zoning, funding, and opposition tactics. calls for shared responsibility among regional casinos and political groups. signs off with a skeptical note on Just Vote No.
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State Gaming Commission
Linn County
Gaming Commission
Riverside
Tama
Meskwaki
Waterloo
Dubuque
Clinton
David H. Burke
Cedar Rapids
Godfather
Jim Cannon
Gun lobby defends a cynical business model in America
Gun ownership has been declining since the 1970s driven by demographic shifts and a shrinking owner base. Industry marketing, amid rising production and headlines of gun culture, frames gun culture as a business model rather than a Second Amendment defense, inviting scrutiny and critique.
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Voltaire
Gun Lobby
America
Violence Policy Center
National Opinion Research Center
National Rifle Association
Reform needed for medical liability in Iowa
Dr. Steven Jacobs argues for medical liability reform in Iowa, urging adoption of certificate of merit and pre screening panels to speed up claims. He cites Health Affairs on nationwide costs and cites Maine’s faster resolutions and lower defense costs as a model. He notes physician time lost to hearings and patients waiting for compensation.
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Health Affairs
U.S
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Iowa Medical Society Board
Iowa Medical Society
Maine
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