City considers building code changes including sprinkler rules
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City weigh new residential code provisions in March talks. Sprinklers face pushback over cost with estimates at 2.50 to 3.50 per square foot, potentially pricing many home buyers out. Proposals favor a middle ground with sprinklers in very large homes and no universal mandate.
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Quality should be factor in cinema and literature cuts
Valentino, chair of cinema and comparative literature and Iowa Review editor, says faculty and graduates fear quality was ignored as programs face cut proposals. He notes graduate film studies admit about 10 of 120 applicants and urges protecting valuable programs. Rick Altman backs keeping esteemed programs and ensuring accurate information reaches decision makers.
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Supreme Court ruling questions corporate political spending in Iowa
The decision overturns parts of a 63-year-old federal ban on corporate and union use of treasury funds for campaign ads. Iowa leaders react, with McCarthy urging swift action to keep the state ban and Paulsen noting other groups can still spend in elections. The ruling prompts concerns about future corporate contributions to campaigns.
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Food distribution plan targets five neighborhoods in Linn County
Curtis Dickson of Linn County Public Health proposes federally funded farmer payments and church distribution points in Wellington Heights Time Check Oakhill Jackson Trumah and Taylor. The plan, aiming to start in 2011, would cost about 500000 with vans and a central site, plus a teaching kitchen.
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City budget panel weighs reserve fund cuts and tax options
City Manager Jim Prosser urged department heads to find smaller cuts while Kris Gulick backed the idea. Corbett proposed tapping the general fund reserve instead of raising taxes, but Podzimek and Gulick doubted the plan. City policy requires a 25 percent reserve. current funds are about 32 percent. If staffing remains, a $2.265 million shortfall is projected next year, risking tax increases to cover gaps.
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Kris Gulick
Corbett
Rais
Podzimek
Gulick
Casey Drew
Drew
Johnson County Health Offers Free H1N1 Vaccine
Johnson County Public Health begun daily free H1N1 vaccine by appointment. Call 319 688 5894 for slots with schedule limited to Mondays Wednesdays and Tue Thu Fri blocks plus special Feb Mar Apr morning sessions. First dose available and second dose for under 9 with two doses. The Gazette notes Iowa reports first H1N1 death of year, a Madison County adult, toll 41 deaths statewide and 700 hospitalizations.
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Teen charged in Cedar Rapids robbery case and shooting
Lu cas L. McMurrin, 17, faces first degree robbery charges after allegedly robbing a 17-year-old at gunpoint Tuesday night. Police at Mercy Medical Center learned the victim was shot in the leg at a mobile home park on Johnson Ave NW. details remained unclear as officers questioned the evolving story.
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Linn County
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Mercy Medical Center
Johnson Ave
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Arraignment Set For Man Charged In 11 robberies
Iowa City man Jay M. Harkless, 23, jailed on 205000 bond, faces arraignment at 9 a.m. January 28 after police linked him to 11 robberies across Iowa City, North Liberty, Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Muscatine. He confessed to all 11 robberies and faces four counts of second degree robbery in Johnson County.
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Anamosa
Katie M. Thomas
Marion
Linn County
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