Iowa Regents urged to drop midyear tuition hike
The Gazette editorial argues against a 3 percent spring tuition increase as a midyear measure. It notes $22.8 million in new funds plus $5 million more in the Values Fund and $2.8 million redirected to the regents, urging consolidation of purchasing to save costs and prioritize next year’s budget.
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Gazette
Tom Vilsack
Vilsack
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Air Force
Chambers of Commerce Explore Joint Path After Resignations
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area chambers discuss regional cooperation and resource sharing in the Technology Corridor. Leaders Ron Corbett and Jim Griffin resign, but plans focus on aligning missions, avoiding merger, and pursuing shared recruitment strategies with new leadership and fall strategy updates.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Ron Corbett
Jim Griffin
Cedar Rapids not pedestrian friendly says reader Terri Nederhiser
Terri Nederhiser argues Cedar Rapids lacks safe sidewalks and crosswalks and criticizes city planning and politicians for offering only temporary aid to low income families. She mocks optimism about pedestrian access while urging drivers and better bus service amid construction zones and hills.
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Kudes
Mary Duncan Marion
Cedar Rapids
Terri Nederhiser
Uncle Sam’s land neglected weeds anger Benton County
A reader complains about federally owned land south of Belle Plaine overrun with thistles and sourdock. The writer notes Iowa weed laws hold farmers liable with fines, while on public land no action is taken, accusing authorities of bias against the small landowner.
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Benton County
Belle Plaine
Sam
Letter argues for adult stem cell research over embryonic
A graduating class of 2005 member defends funding for adult stem cell research, citing Dr Harold Rex Greene and USC Keck, noting embryonic stem cells have not proven cures after 20 years of animal studies while adult and cord blood stem cells show a 30 year history of success.
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Dorothy E. Schneider
San Mateo
Calif
Usc-Keck School of Medicine
Trudy Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Politicians challenged to try Walk a Mile program
The Gazette prints the June 8 article trading places about the Walk a Mile program launched by the Mid Iowa Community Action Organization. The writer urges politicians to walk a mile by adjusting budgets and schedules to understand how state aid recipients live and to rethink frustrated, inadequately funded programs.
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Mid-Iowa Community Action Organization
Social Security Trust Fund a Fantasy, Pratt Argues
Lawrence Pratt argues that the Social Security Trust Fund is only an accounting balance, not a real fund. He notes pay as you go financing, historical trust fund ratios, and Greenspan Commission steps, urging reformers to discard misleading language and recall Roosevelt's original goal of protection for workers and families.
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Washington
Paris Hilton
Sam
Congress
Reagan
Alan Greenspan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Social Security
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