Wind energy fuels Iowa jobs says Rep Loebsack
In a Cedar Rapids column U S Rep Dave Loebsack argues wind energy supports 7 000 Iowa jobs and could reach 20 000 more with federal and state backing He notes Iowa produces 35 of its electricity from wind and could exceed 40 by 2020 highlighting local factories and emissions reductions
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Vision funding row prompts Iowa letter to governor
Philip Blumberg of Prevent Blindness Iowa urges Gov. Reynolds to restore a $96 138 appropriation cut from the Department of Public Health. He notes Iowa students’ learning links to vision and the large cost of untreated eye problems across 333 districts.
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Masterpiece Cake case reframing religious liberty dispute
David Harsanyi argues the Supreme Court will hear Jack Phillips’s case not as a same sex marriage clash but as a religious liberty issue. The piece challenges media framing and defends Phillips for declining to design a unique wedding cake, not for discrimination.
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Time for outreach as health care bill faces GOP hurdles
The editorial argues Senate Majority Leader McConnell failed to rally Republican support to vote on the ACA replacement. It notes the bill would reduce coverage for millions, urges citizens to pressure senators, and calls for bipartisan negotiation to fix the health care system while acknowledging tax cuts and Medicaid limits as lesser priorities.
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