Cedar Rapids urged to ban housing bias by income source
Cedar Rapids civil rights advocates push for an ordinance to bar housing discrimination based on income sources such as alimony Social Security workers compensation and Section 8 vouchers The effort aims to expand protections beyond current state and federal rules and improve access to affordable housing city leaders are urged to act backed by Fair Housing advocate John Trasvina
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Community Letters Highlight Marine Band Night and Civic Hope
Readers praise the U S Marine Corps band in Greene Square Park for a June 27 festival and parade appearance. They also honor John Saddler for pioneering Cedar Rapids air ambulance service and criticize a blog claim about Founding Fathers.
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Judicial views on Second Amendment through McDonald v Chicago
Peter C. Riley argues about how the Supreme Court used the Fourteenth Amendment to apply the Bill of Rights to states and how Heller and McDonald shape gun regulation. The column discusses restraint versus activism, due process, privileges and immunities, and the Slaughter-House cases context.
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Alzheimer’s plan needed to head off epidemic urges action
Kelly Hauer of the Alzheimer’s Association East Central Iowa Chapter urges lawmakers to back the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. The piece honors Jon Witherell of Marion who died at 45 from early onset Alzheimer’s and highlights Iowa caregiving figures, projected national tolls, and need for federal coordination.
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