Standoff Over Public Employee Bargaining Bill Debates Foresee Deadlock
Close door clashes unfold as GOP balks at House File 2645 to widen bargaining topics for public workers. Democrats push to pause debates for a Monday hearing amid Senate stalemate led by Gronstal. Whispers of Easter office dinners belie tense standstill, with Republicans accusing secrecy and tax impacts.
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Harper Post Office Enters Emergency Suspension Today
Postmaster Carrie Knipfer has resigned prompting a 4 30 p m emergency suspension in Harper. The USPS cannot find a local qualified replacement, so mail will be delivered by rural carriers to cluster box units or roadside mailboxes until reopening becomes probable. Residents must travel five miles to Keota for certified mail.
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Bikes shipped to Africa from Cedar Rapids collection
A Cedar Rapids bike drive loaded a 28 foot truck to move bikes to Chicago then overseas likely to Angola for refurbishing or repurposing. About 600 bikes were collected with 5 percent refurbished for Chicago sales and 5 percent donated locally, while rest go abroad or to scrap.
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Bush asserts Iran seeks nuclear weapon despite Tehran denials
President Bush said in a Radio Farda interview that Iran has declared they want a nuclear weapon to destroy people, a claim Iran denies while insisting its uranium enrichment is for civilian power. He cited distrust due to past hidden programs and reiterated support for civilian power with Russian-supplied fuel, while noting Iran’s resistance to UN demands and ongoing missile development.
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House Dems demand documents on loophole in overseas contracts
House Democrats on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee demand documents by April 4 about a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole used to shield taxpayer money. The issue centers on a Bush administration plan to require contractors to report abuse over five million dollars, with an exemption for overseas contracts. A separate item notes a New York inspector faces charges of lying about a crane incident.
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Crane crew lied about inspection after collapse in Manhattan
Edward Marquette, 46, was arraigned and released on charges of falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing after a construction crane in a dense Manhattan neighborhood collapsed and killed seven people 11 days later.
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Disbarment of Scooter Libby Clears DC Appeal Court
Former White House aide I Lewis Libby was banned from practicing law in the District of Columbia after a perjury conviction linked to a CIA leak case. The DC Court of Appeals issued the disbarment order as expected. In separate NASA news, spacewalking astronauts tested patching methods on the Endeavour shuttle at the ISS after replacing a circuit breaker, part of ongoing repair work following the Columbia tragedy.
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Wisconsin man charged in death of 71-year-old real estate agent
Jefferson police say 37-year-old James Hole, a convicted sex offender, killed 71-year-old real estate agent Ann Nelson after she confronted him during a home showing. Nelson was found dead near a smoldering mattress as Hole set the house ablaze with a grandmother of 16 inside, police allege.
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