Quotes of the Week on Join Hands Day
Howard Wolfe president of Western Fraternal Life Association Cedar Rapids says working together helps youths build leadership and communication skills while adults learn to collaborate with young people and make new friends.
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Howard Wolfe
Western Fraternal Life Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Officials Tout Campus Gains Amid Cybersecurity Warnings
Lydia Pritchard highlights Regina Elementary composting with about 11 000 pounds of food repurposed since August. Kirkwood Community College upgrades its network after hacker access to application data. Matt Hayek notes a 21 and older ban remains. April brings record wetness slowing planting. Bill Northey remarks on agriculture state issues.
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Lydia Pritchard
Regina
Iowa City
Kristie Fisher
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Urban focus could spark Iowa’s rural renewal
In this column, Richard Doak argues that Iowa’s rural counties lag as urban areas struggle underfunded. He urges policymakers to prioritize cities and suburbs, expand urban amenities, and build a state goal to make urban areas the nation’s most livable. He contends rural growth depends on metropolitan orbit and city vitality.
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Iowa
America
Hugh Sidey
Greenfield
Richard Doak
The 21 bar issue shows Iowa City politics and students
John Deeth discusses how city government underestimates undergrads and how ballot battles over bars reveal structural flaws. The piece notes past student involvement in elections, candidate recruitment gaps, and patterns of policy reversals across council terms.
Cedar Rapids mayoral race shows no clear challenger yet
In early chatter about Cedar Rapids politics, Ron Corbett appears likely to seek re election with no credible opponents yet. City Council hopefuls are emerging but no names loom for mayor. The filing deadline is four months away as speculation remains light.
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Barack Obama
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Iowa
Corbett
Malpractice reform and video medicine for higher quality care
Ford Vox argues that the Affordable Care Act opened room for medical tech innovation. Video recording of procedures could improve performance and transparency, but legal barriers and trial-lawyer concerns hinder adoption. He proposes safe rules and tort reform to enable routine videotaping for quality improvement.
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Makary
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