Petition challenge on council form debate in Cedar Rapids
Petition dispute over charter commission and council manager option moves to a 1 p.m. hearing in Cedar Rapids council chambers. League of Women Voters and city officials discuss legality of signatures and possible court action as residents seek a July 11 election or delay up to 11 months for charter changes.
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Ann Ollinger
Smith
Don Thomas
Rinas
Larson
Dave McGuire
McGuire
Kay Williams
Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board
Charter Commission
Iowa
League
League of Women Voters
Myrna Loehrlein
Serbousek
Loehrlein
Serbouse
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Auditor’s Office
L.W. Ward
P.T. Larson
Joe Rinas
Larry Serbousek
GOP quietly saving programs from budget cuts
In Washington Republicans retreat from sweeping cuts by granting stays of execution to favored agencies and projects. The Great Society Appalachian Regional Commission, the Capitol Botanic Garden, the Department of Energy, and a squash court at a Washington state Navy shipyard are among early survivors signaling obstacles in the drive to shrink the federal bureaucracy.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Congress
GOP
Appalachian Regional Commission
Capitol
Botanic Garden
Department of Energy
Navy Shipyard
Washington State
Court weighs drug testing for student athletes
The court examines random drug testing across a sport season amid disputes over unconstitutional searches. Acton's parents sue the school district alleging rights violations. Justices Scalia Rehnquist Kennedy Thomas Breyer join. Stevens Souter and O Connor dissent. Other action involves free speech, cable business, and minors in explicit media cases.
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Acton
Wayne
Judy Acton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Scalia
William Rehnquist
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Stephen Breyer
John Paul Stevens
David Souter
O’connor
Jungle cat taken to Iowa City defies court order to be killed
Sami Mintz removed her 20 pound jungle cat Cabo after a judge ordered the animal killed and tested for rabies following a severe mauling of 2 year old Alice Mintz. The child's parents seek rabies testing and the Looming contempt risk for Mintz remains.
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Iowa City
Chicago
Sami Mintz
Alice Mintz
DuPage County
Bonnie Wheaton
Mintz
All Pets Veterinary Clinic
Alice
Cabo
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Hi Pew
Lindale Mall
Happy Joe’s
United
Audio King
Cedar Rapids Cellular Headquarters
Motorola
Ave. SE
US Cellular
Democrat
Jefferson High
Taylor
David Herder
Illinois
Frank Howard
Sam Mintz
Nancy Wolfe
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
New York City
Wolfe
EduCare
EduCare Learning Centers
Kevin J. McCarville
Ph.d
North Park Place
Broadway St
Karen Marie
Center Point Rd
Ford's
2Nd St
1St Street
3Rd Avenue
Shop Ford's
First Avenue
N.E
Alex G. Smith
Cedar Rapids, IA
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