Advocates Press Blum for Cedar Falls Town Hall on Health Care
About a dozen Cedar Valley residents visited U.S. Rep. Rod Blum’s Cedar Falls office to urge a face to face meeting on health care and ACA repeal. They delivered letters and criticized staff for not arranging a session, while protesters outside Blum’s Cedar Rapids office voiced repeal opposition.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Valley
U.S
Rod Blum
Anew
Waterloo Courier
Redgie Blanco
Cedar Rapids
Jensen
Ernst Town Hall Schedule In Cedar Rapids And Des Moines
Sen. Joni Ernst announces a two venue town hall tour on March 17 in Cedar Rapids Sinclair Auditorium Coe College and Des Moines Sheslow Auditorium Drake University. The open public meetings coincide with the LaPaDaPaSo parade and aim to improve constituent access to lawmakers.
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Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Auditorium
Coe College
First Ave
Sheslow Auditorium
Drake University
Des Moines
Ernst
Loebsack criticizes Trumpcare for Iowa impact
Rep. Dave Loebsack of Iowa City blasts the GOP health bill as dangerous for Iowans. He says the measure mainly rewards the wealthy and would ration care for the disadvantaged, including seniors, children, and the disabled, with tax breaks for the rich.
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U.S
Dave Loebsack
Iowa City
Energy and Commerce Committee
Indiana and Iowa police find no link between two double abduction deaths
Indiana State Police say comparisons with the 2012 Evansdale cousins’ deaths and the 2017 Delphi teens disappearances show no proven connection at this time. Iowa investigators corroborate the lack of links while keeping options open for future evidence. A $150,000 reward remains for information.
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Indiana
Evansdale
Iowa
John Perrine
Delphi
Cedar Valley
Abigail Williams
Liberty German
Higher education leaders urge renewed state support in Iowa City
A panel led by Mary Sue Coleman and Iowa figures urged continued funding for public research universities. They cited breakthroughs from UI and ISU linked to national growth, cautioning that cutting funding threatens the nation’s innovation and competitiveness.
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Iowa City
America
University of Iowa
U.S
Jim Leach
Iowa
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lincoln Project
Mary Sue Coleman
Leach
Bruce Harreld
Phyllis Wise
University of Illinois
Coleman
University of Michigan
Association of American Univer
Coleman offers ideas for success at public universities
Mary Sue Coleman said the Lincoln Project outlined strategies to boost public research universities beyond more state support. Proposals include public private partnerships, simplifying financial aid, better student tracking, corporate lobbying help, and philanthropic matching programs with grants from new graduates' salaries. The discussion stressed funding predictability and a base state contribution.
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Mary Sue Coleman
Lincoln
Sities
Harreld
Coleman
Engagements and Weddings in The Gazette
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