Traffic cameras praised after Cedar Rapids safety gains
The Cedar Rapids experience shows red light and speed cameras cutting crashes and even eliminating fatal crashes on I 380 after installation. Iowa City officials consider similar use to improve pedestrian safety and free up police for other duties while debates over revenue from tickets continue.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sam Hargadine
Council
Hargadine
Iowa
Davenport
Frank Donchez Jr
Letters on flags and health care reform in Cedar Rapids
Readers express outrage over tattered flags and unlit displays in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha, urge proper disposal, and oppose a clinic project. They criticize hospital spending and physician control, call for local action, and question St Luke's Mercy merger plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
American Legion
Keitha Osterhaus Hiawatha
Mercy, St. Luke's Spending Out of Control in Cedar Rapids
Editorial attacks Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke's Hospital for excessive annual spending on competition duplication and advertising. It argues local care is inferior to Rochester Minnesota Mayo Clinic facilities and calls for Cedar Rapids hospital consolidation or closure.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy
St. Luke’s
Mercy Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Madison
Rochester
Mayo
University email exposes misogyny and campus rape issues
An email allegedly from a USC Kappa Sigma member advocates targeting women for sexual data, using dehumanizing terms. The piece prompts reflection on hookup culture, consent, and rape, with mentions of Harvard and a memorial program addressing sexual assault.
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity
USC
Iowa Needs Guardrails for Judicial Independence
Charles R. Crawley of Cedar Rapids writes that Iowa should protect judicial independence and religious freedom against a political push led by Bob Vander Plaats to force a vote on same sex marriage. He warns against majority tyranny and cites Varnum v Brien and the 2010 retention vote as risks to Iowa’s openness and diversity.
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Iowa Senate
Iowa Supreme Court
Varnum
Peter Gomes
America
Charles R. Crawley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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