Cedar Rapids Wins All-America City Honor After Flood Recovery
The Gazette notes Cedar Rapids earned an All-America City award in Denver, led by Mayor Ron Corbett and 39 local leaders. Judges praised post flood revitalization, arts and culture efforts, health initiatives, and social media outreach. The honor enhances national profile with no monetary prize.
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Education for All Act and GPE funding call to action
A letter urges Congress to back the Education for All Act and boost U S support for the Global Partnership for Education. It cites Iowa's high graduation rate and links education to poverty reduction, health, and security, urging bipartisan co sponsorship and greater 2014 investments.
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Iowa
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Denmark
Netherlands
Steve King
Tom Latham
Bruce Braley
Dave Loebsack
Right wing clash over immigration reform and amnesty
FORMA HARROP argues the right misreads immigration reform, contending bipartisan Senate plans with biometric ID and E-Verify would enforce laws, close loopholes, and deter illegal entry, while critics fear Obama must be trusted to enforce and resist cooperation with reform.
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Learning from the GI Bill Transformative 1944 legislation analyzed
Guest columnist Robert G Duffett surveys the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 known as the GI Bill. He notes its cost, impact on college access, veterans' upward mobility, and questions if a modern program could replicate the gains for today’s students. Duffett is president of Eastern University in St Davids Pennsylvania.
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