Reform urged as Supreme Court limits identity theft charges
The Gazette calls for immigration reform after the Supreme Court narrows use of a 2004 identity theft law against illegal immigrants. The ruling could raise prosecutors' burden to prove that stolen identities belong to real people. Agriprocessors in Postville illustrates the fallout as workers face job losses and a town struggles with bankruptcy, housing vacancy, and costs from a plant built for the firm. Congress must act this year.
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United States
Letters Support Public Health Insurance Option
Readers urge a public health insurance option as a choice alongside private plans. They describe affordability, portability of coverage, and simpler billing, urging action to allow easier access to care without job or school limitations. A Cedar Rapids reader endorses feral cat Trap-Neuter-Return plans and city collaboration with Iowa Humane Alliance for long term control.
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Barack Obama
Iowa Humane Alliance
Judy Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Quinn Bradlee Publishes Memoir About Learning Disability Life
Quinn Bradlee recalls growing up as Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn’s son facing learning disabilities and medical challenges. The memoir A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures details boarding school struggles, a formal diagnosis of verocardiofacial syndrome, and his search for belonging. The book also notes his engagement to Pary Williamson and mentions family ties to Washington journalism.
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Quinn
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Washington Post
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Sally Quinn
Ben
Sally
New York
Ed Williams
Art Buchwald
Pary Williamson
Gazette editorial board contact details and leadership
The Gazette editorial board lists Dave Storey publisher and Lyle Muller editor with staff Jennifer Hemmingsen and Beth DeBoom as columnists. It provides contact for the opinion page editor reff.tecklenburg at gazcomm.com and phone number 319 398 8262.
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Dave Storey
Jennifer Hemmingsen
Beth DeBoom
Chuck Peters
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Tecklenburg
Gazcomm.com
District must plan for third high school by 2015-16
Gregg Shoultz argues Iowa City district will exceed secondary capacity within six years and recommends a framework to add a northside high school in 2015-16. The plan stresses efficient use of existing space, balanced elementary communities, and controlled costs over equity rhetoric.
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Northwest
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