Editorial argues to reconsider reopening Iowa Juvenile Home
The Gazette urges restoring the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo rather than permanent closure. It notes investigations prompted discharges, questions funding and safety, and that IJH serves as a last resort for mostly delinquent girls while urging fixes to avoid shutdown.
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IJH Foundation
Dave Nagle
Iowa Department of Education
Disability Rights Iowa
IJH
Iowa Boys Training School
Eldora
Letter to the Editor on USPS duties and animal burial
A reader argues mail clerks should not supply mailing supplies and that packages must be prepared before entering a post office. The letter also discusses Iowa DNR fines over private horse burials and defends burying livestock as environmentally harmless, invoking moral and historic references.
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Marion
USPS
Postal Service
Linda Andersen
Cedar Rapids
Time to file charges over improper disbursements in Iowa
Iowa Cor rections Director John Baldwin faces charges over alleged improper disbursements in the 6th Judicial District Corrections Services. The attorney general’s action targets CCIA use of state vehicles and cellphones. Community supporters praise efforts to address the issue amid veteran relief efforts in Linn County.
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John Baldwin
6Th Judicial District Department of Corrections Services
Community Corrections Improvement Association
CCIA
Slavery Analogy Sparks Debate Over Abortion Protest Tie
Mary Sanchez argues the GOP should drop the slavery comparison in politics. She cites Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's 1991 pro life protests and notes the danger of equating abortion to slavery, urging careful, nonextremist discourse.
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Kansas
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U.S
Wichita
George Tiller
Kansas City Star
Judy Thomas
James Risen
New York Times
John Brown
Kansas State Capitol
Harpers Ferry
Pottawatomie Creek
Brown
United States
Minimum wage rise urged by Rep Bruce Braley
Rep Bruce Braley argues the current minimum wage has fallen 30 percent in purchasing power over 45 years and endorses raising it to 10.10 dollars per hour with inflation indexing. He cites impact on 46,000 Iowa workers and more than a quarter million residents as he campaigns for Senate.
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