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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 2025
Page
6
Guest columnist Bob Watson argues that farmers and firms behind corn and beans systems, confinements, and feedlots create an ammonia cloud over Iowa. He notes laws repealed in 2003 and a shift in pollution shares, with agriculture now about 96.5 percent of water pollution, urging politicians to commit to action beyond voluntary INRS plans.
The Gazette drew editorials and letters criticizing the Big Beautiful Bill as enriching the rich while hurting the poor and expanding ICE. Critics claim the bill preserves 2017 tax cuts, reduces taxes on tips and overtime, and expands child care credits, with ICE prioritizing the most dangerous.
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Allison Schrager argues the bill is neither economic disaster nor triumph. It compounds debt yet includes some pro growth provisions like full expensing for corporate investments, while expanding Medicaid work requirements with debated impact. The piece critiques tax cuts, reform needs, and notes higher debt could raise interest rates. calls for broader tax base and entitlement reform.
William Lambers argues 80 years after the Trinity test that nuclear weapons endanger humanity and calls for renewed arms control. He cites 12,000 weapons, lists major powers, and urges support for H.Res. 317 to pursue a world free of nuclear arms. Lambers notes treaties lag and modernization persists.
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