Greater Medicaid oversight should be a legislative priority
The Gazette urges lawmakers to aggressively oversee Iowa Medicaid privatization after Branstad moved the 4.2 billion program to private firms without legislative input. Senate-backed oversight would create an monitor panel, empower the long term care ombudsman, strengthen consumer protections, and reinvest any savings, but House Republicans blocked the 80 page Senate plan, prompting calls for proactive governance to protect clients and taxpayers.
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Terry Branstad
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Cedar Rapids urges applicants for boards and committees
Mary A. Craig of Cedar Rapids, a U S Air Force retiree and former Inspector General team member, letters the Veterans Memorial Commission seeking a chance to serve after 15 years of applications. She also criticizes a March 5 wolves shooting report and calls for stricter hunting eye tests similar to driver license rules.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Commission
U.S. Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Water War in Cedar Rapids: farmers and city unite
Jason Russell, a sixth generation Linn County farmer from Monticello, argues Cedar Rapids has a history of water quality cooperation. He contrasts local efforts with Des Moines Water Works director Bill Stowe’s lawsuit, saying regulation alone fails and nitrate brine is returned to rivers. He emphasizes shared responsibility across rural and urban communities.
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CBS2
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Water Works
Bill Stowe
Stowe
Linn County
Jason Russell
Monticello
Birth control crusade echoes across a century in Brooklyn
Lenore Skenazy reviews Margaret Sanger's birth control movement from 1916 when a modest office offered contraception amid legal dangers. Sabrina Jones’s forthcoming graphic novel portrays Sanger’s risks, 1911 Greenwich Village ties, and the rise of family planning despite opposition, linking 2012 debates around contraceptive coverage to history.
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Margaret
Sabrina Jones
Margaret Sanger
Sanger
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Emma Goldman
Jones
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Sandra Fluke
Rush Limbaugh
Limbaugh
Iowa House backs rape related custody rights bill
Lyndalowa Lyndda Waddington voices critique as Iowa lawmakers push a bill to ease stripping parental rights from rapists. The measure aligns with federal incentives via the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, requiring clear and convincing evidence, and faces Senate and governor approval amid moral debate.
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Todd Akin
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