Iowa lawmakers approve veteran families aid and tax pledge
Unanimous Des Moines vote backs $10 000 grants to families of wounded veterans for travel to military hospitals. Iowa City Council rejects old tricks and pledges to cut property tax rate despite a 16 percent rise in residential valuations. Rockwell Collins gains 14 200 000 expansion support with High Quality Jobs credits for 275 new engineers. Chamber leader keynote signals strengthened Cedar Rapids Iowa City Technology Corridor cooperation.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Rockwell Collins
Department of Economic Development
Lee Clancey
Cedar Rapids Area
Gridlock and gambles: Iowa 2006 election year outlook
Nationwide 84 percent of legislative terms are up for election. In Iowa all House seats and half the Senate seats appear on November ballots. Cascade city police chief resigns, with interim leadership pending. A 10 year Iowa driver accident study shows 454 deaths involving 15 to 17 year olds, while some lawmakers push to extend driving privileges for teens.
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National Conference of State Legislatures
Iowa
House
Senate
Randy Sandhagen
Jones and Dubuque
University of Iowa
Walking quorum and public discourse in Johnson County roads issue
Letter writers discuss the Johnson County Board of Supervisors use of a walking quorum in the North Corridor Roads dispute. Critics cite lack of debate, procedural avoidance, and a recent lawsuit over a consultant report, with concerns over public access and accountability.
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Gazette
Mark Bowden
Johnson County
Pat Harney
Richard Gibson
Iowa City
What if abortion had never been accepted in society
A reflective piece arguing that 33 years after abortion on demand was legalized in the United States the country has lost a generation of potential offspring. The author laments the societal acceptance, questions the impact on families, and accuses providers of offering only one choice without counseling or post abortion support.
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Supreme Court
United States
Truthiness shapes reception of Frey memoir and Roots
The piece notes the Word of the Year truthiness and Frey’s embellished A Million Little Pieces claims. It compares public reaction to Roots and its faction label, and argues publishers should mark books as based on actual events to protect credibility.
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American Dialect Society
Tru
James Frey
Frey
Smoking Gun
Newsweek
Doubleday
Comedy Central
Stephen Colbert
Chicago
Pilar More
Oprah Winfrey
Book Club
CNN
Larry King
Winfrey
Alex Haley
Haley
Jfk
Jarhead
Munich
Emily Rose
Hollywood
Editorials’ teacher pay conclusions are fuzzy
The Gazette Editorial Board calls for pay based on student results but math in their Jan 14 and Jan 18 editorials appears flawed. They cite an average wage of 40 000 annually or 23 to 26 dollars an hour using a 40 hour week, which teachers may not work.
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Iowa
the Gazette
The
Gazette
Towa
Right to control body clashes with abortion debate
A Jan 15 letter argues for women's rights to autonomy while defending abortion. The author counters MLK's antiabortion stance, noting that past methods and present abortion share the outcome and that the right to control one’s body includes reproductive choice. The piece links individual rights to abortion access.
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Martin Luther King Jr
MLK
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