Iowa Considers Raising High School Dropout Age
The Gazette editorial urges raising the compulsory attendance age to 18 or graduation. It cites HF 2138 co sponsored by Rep Swati Dandekar and outlines concerns about keeping students in school, early predictors of withdrawal, and the need for consistent data and resources to support a broad reform plan.
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Swati Dandekar
Marion
Iowa
North Central Regional Education Laboratory
Lane Plugge
Iowa City
David Markward
Cedar Rapids Community
Million Dollar Baby helicopter faces Cedar Rapids cost cut
Readers urge fiscal restraint and ask to abandon the police helicopter funded by a past council. They criticize the belief Cedar Rapids needed a aerial unit and question reliance on Homeland Security funds while proposing voter input on the item.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Homeland Security
Sky King
Benton County
Bob Miller
Military Ball praised by reader as inspiring community event
Kevin Gamble of Marion thanks The Gazette for the ROTC Military Ball feature at the University of Iowa. He notes cadets balance studies and service, cites future deployments, and shares personal memories of his own military career and family life in Cedar Rapids.
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Gazette
ROTC
University of Iowa
West Point
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Marion
Afghanistan
U.S. Army
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Kevin Gamble
Drowning in a sea of information and designer facts
Mike Deupree critiques the Bush White House for ignoring conflicting data and pursuing its own reality. The column cites Iraq, Katrina, debt, and port security as examples. It argues the administration dismisses inconvenient facts, overstates successes, and avoids accountability.
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Mike Deupree
George W. Bush
White House
America
Iraq
Bush
CIA
Gazette readers call for Coulter's column removal
Readers criticize Ann Coulter's February 19 piece urging bombing Syria and her racially charged remarks. They demand The Gazette drop Coulter as a columnist, saying the space is wasted on inflammatory and bigoted commentary.
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Ann Coulter
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Gazette
Ethiopian political prisoner in jail draws global concern
The piece highlights Yacob Hailemariam, a former Norfolk State professor held in Ethiopia on treason charges amid a broad crackdown. It notes international scrutiny, UK aid cuts, and calls for U.S. action, citing democracy advocates and a civic response from groups in El Paso and Virginia.
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Yacob Hailemariam
Norfolk State University
Amnesty International
Ethiopia
Hailemariam
Virginia Beach
America
Iraq
Great Britain
Washington
Egypt
Condoleezza Rice
Ayman Nour
African Affairs
Jendayi Frazer
Voice of America
U.S
Frazer
California
Dana Rohrabacher
New Jersey
Chris Smith
Virginia
Hampton Roads
el Paso
Texas
Maria Lugo
NSU
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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