Linn County loses sales tax vote ripples countywide
Editorial argues rural Linn County voters rejected a one cent sales tax that would have funded roads and pools. With Cedar Rapids and others approving, the tax will fund unincorporated areas via county distributes while rural residents pay but miss benefits. The piece urges supervisors to inform constituents, not campaign, and notes a petition drive to revive the measure with 4 619 signatures by next Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
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Did the 1970s define modern American life
The piece weighs the 1970s as a mixed era with social shifts and excess. It notes women entering the workforce, the collapse of the traditional family, inflation, rising home values, and tax revolts. It mentions Baby Boomers finishing college and nostalgia that follows generations. It questions definitive labels for the decade.
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U.S. News and World Report
U.S
Roger Simon
Bush White House splits over compassionate conservatism tensions
The Bush White House shows tensions between pragmatic and ideological camps over a patients rights veto and stem cell funding. Karen Hughes advocates moderation while Karl Rove pushes to please the conservative base, reflecting broader post election pressures and comparisons to previous administrations.
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Time Magazine
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Hughes
Nick Cairo
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Rove
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Edwin Meese
Bill Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton
Senate
IFA Defends Role on Targeted Areas for Home Program
Loyd W. Ogle of the Iowa Finance Authority states that IFA does not set the targeted areas for the FirstHome program. Targeting criteria come from IRS and HUD, not IFA. He notes reliance on 2000 census data to improve local relevance and urges federal flexibility for state and local administration.
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Iowa Finance Authority
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Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Iowa City
Smoking bans and nicotine rules clash with restaurant laws
Iowa City author argues that nicotine is tightly regulated as a hazardous substance and that restaurant smoking bans align with pre existing government controls. He notes nicotine's dual uses as animal repellent and smoke and cites OSHA limits and licensing rules for nicotine fumigation.
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Iowa
OSHA
The Gazette Letter Policy and Contact Details
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words and requires name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown publish. one letter per writer per 30 days. Editing may occur. Send to Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax or email with full contact info.
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Cedar Rapids
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Wisconsin Supreme Court backs child support condition on dad
Editorial argues the Wisconsin Supreme Court allowed Manitowoc County to bar father David Oakley from procreating while on probation unless he shows ability to pay child support. It questions the ruling as dangerous, notes dissenting Justices warn it could erode parental rights and lead to broader penalties for birth.
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Manitowoc County
David Oakley
Oakley
Fred Hazlewood
Ann Walsh Bradley
Hazlewood
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