Branstad’s Healthy Iowa Plan Compared With Medicaid Expansion
The Gazette editors weigh Gov. Terry Branstad’s Healthy Iowa Program as an alternative to federal Medicaid expansion. They note cost to Iowa, limited mental health coverage, and the need for federal waiver, arguing the plan offers less coverage at higher state expense despite certain reforms.
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Scout Oath and Law Highlight Personal Responsibility
A letter urges living by the Scout Oath and Law as a guide to character. It contrasts Scout values with national budget cuts that threaten low income families, citing SNAP and Head Start reductions and urging readers to contact Congress about impacts on Iowans. Judy McDowell Cedar Rapids.
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White House
America
Agencies urge restraint on misclassified workers
Small Cedar Rapids businesses rely on independent contractors for expertise in law accounting and fitness. A perceived IRS DOL crackdown prompts backlash as firms fear penalties and seek to protect growth by avoiding misclassification and embracing proper contractor use. Hope for a Helmet backs helmet law for under 18 moped riders with Senate Bill 37 backing legislators.
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Cedar Rapids
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
U.S. Department of Labor
DOL
Dan Boland
Caroline
Senate Transportation Subcommittee
Robert Dvorsky
Coralville
Dan Zumbach
Ryan
Tim Kapucian
Keystone
Competition duplication drains city funds says Ron Moore
Guest columnist Ron Moore argues that overlapping and competing governments waste tax dollars and hinder stewardship. He cites flood recovery projects in Cedar Rapids, the Paramount Theatre funding, and non compete talks among Iowa cities as examples of inefficiency and calls for streamlined governance and public accountability.
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Westside
Paramount Theatre
Coralville
Iowa City
North Liberty
Marion
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Johnson County
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Iowa Business Incentives Expand Growth and Jobs
Iowa strengthens its appeal for relocation and expansion through High Quality Jobs credits and tax incentives. Cedar Rapids firm Raining Rose grew from 15 to 130 employees and plans 200 by 2013, citing state incentives as key to research, training, and expansion amid 2008 floods. Chuck Hammond of Raining Rose weighs in.
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Northwest Side
Ellis Park
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Iowa
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