Iowa City VA hits decade of second transplant era milestone
The Iowa City VA Health Care System marks 10 years since reviving its second transplant program in 2001, performing 216 transplants. It is among four VA kidney centers nationwide and the only one to offer pancreas transplants, with the hospital performing Iowa’s first kidney transplant in 1969.
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Impeachment Efforts Stir in Iowa Legislature
Freshman Republicans draft articles to impeach remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices tied to the 2009 ruling on civil same sex marriage. GOP caucus split on the move while other issues such as education Medicaid and public employee contracts take priority. Flood warnings loom as Upper Mississippi Valley towns brace for possible record spring floods due to heavy snowmelt.
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Boeing wins $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract
Iowa jobs will rise with over 800 high skilled posts at Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids and additional gains nationwide under the Boeing award. The letter urges continued defense funding and urges Congress to protect security pillars while noting taxpayer funding.
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U S critique on democracy model in Egypt cited
A letter argues the United States lacks a role model for democracy in Egypt criticizing U S spending in Iraq and Afghanistan. It questions U S moral authority, wealth inequality, and corporate political influence while contrasting past leaders with warnings against demonizing the elite.
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Free Speech Lines Drawn Over Funeral Protests Debate
A columnist analyzes the Westboro Baptist Church protests at military funerals and the Supreme Court ruling. The piece weighs free speech limits, decorum zones, and the balance between offensive rhetoric and lawful expression, arguing lines must exist.
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Cap payday loan interest to 36 percent APR in Iowa
On March 1 the Iowa Senate Human Resources Committee advanced Senate File 388 to curb predatory payday lending. The bill would cap payday loan APR at 36 percent, aligning with banks and other lenders. Proponents cite military and car title loan caps as precedent and argue the measure protects borrowers from debt cycles.
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