Iowa Celebrates Agriculture Week and State Symbols
Iowa marks National Agriculture Week noting 93 000 farms helping place the state atop in corn hog and egg production. The state considers designating the channel cat as Iowa’s state fish while Timothy Hankewich is named Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra director with a May 6 concert. Education policy items include class ranking’s role in university admissions amid legislative debate.
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Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Timothy Hankewich
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Christian Tiemeyer
Hankewich
House
Board of Regents
Mumps outbreak hits Iowa with 67 cases
Amid flu season worries, Iowa reports 67 confirmed mumps cases by midweek, the highest in nearly 20 years. Cedar Rapids, North Liberty, and Fairfax feature in local notes on city leadership, public disputes, and a one year delay to Highway 151 resurfacing due to a DOT budget shortfall.
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Iowa
Department of Transportation
Fairfax
Department
A Letter Page Riff on Politics and Services
The writer mocks appointment norms in medicine and auto service to warn about politics and leadership. He contrasts physician visits and car repairs with Iraq policy and voting in Congress, arguing for strong presidential action and national security. The piece cites Gore, Clinton, Bush, and Congress members. Dan Paukert.
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Congress
Bush
U.S
United States
Dan Paukert
Cedar Rapids
White Handbags and Fashion Folly in Cinema and Culture
A media essay on white leather and the iconic white coat in An Unmarried Woman. It links feminist independence, sartorial impact, and the mania for expensive white handbags to broader fashion cycles, luxury branding, and cultural critique. The piece riffs on consumer desire, waste, and the fate of discarded accessories.
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Paul Mazursky
Alan Bates
Soho
Jill Clayburgh
Vermont
Manhattan
Bates
Clayburgh
If Al Gore Had Won 2000 Election
Opinion argues Gore would have steered the nation better than Bush. It claims deficits would have vanished sooner, tax cuts are postponed debt, and 9/11 and warning alerts would have been handled differently under Gore.
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al Gore
America
Clinton Gore
Bush
Gore
Richard Clarke
Texas
Call for security and transparency in voting systems
The text argues that voting security is essential after Florida 2000 and HAVA. It notes electronic machines risk undetectable fraud, urges paper trails akin to ATMs, cites GAO and universities, and mentions 27 states with paper ballot copies and Iowa Senate action.
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Iowa
Senate
Betty Krueger
Washington
Iraq
Florida
Government Accountability Office
Congress
Troops Support Ending Iraq War Say Poll Finds
Zogby poll shows 72 percent of troops in Iraq urge ending the war within a year while 29 percent want immediate troop withdrawal. Critics note the question implies division over policy, not loyalty to service members.
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George W. Bush
Iraq
Bush
U.S
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