Governor Ray Right on Gas Tax Formula Debate in Iowa
The governor argues against a gasoline tax hike while urging reform of the road use tax formula. Iowa House bill would raise gas and diesel taxes to expand road funds but shift distribution away from primary highways. Political factors have long shaped funding, with Senate unlikely to override those considerations before adjournment.
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Iowa
Rinas
Marion
Iowa Senate
Senate
Population growth and energy demand in a tightening market
The article discusses how larger populations raise energy needs and strain supplies, with policy gaps in reducing demand and managing growth. It cites Zero Population Growth and notes immigration as a key factor, arguing for energy programs that address population pressures and illegal immigration alongside conservation.
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Zero Population Growth, Inc
James Schlesinger
Washington
A Wait for An Or A In H Word Usage
Readers ask when to use an versus a before h words. An is used with mute h as in heir or hour. a is used with aspirated h as in habit or hedge. Borderlines include historian and herb where h may be barely sounded or silent.
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Bonnie Hendrixson
Levittown
Vale Harrison
Little Rock, Ark
Mary Gerhold
Abortion foes push for con con route to overturn Roe
Washington reports a new tactic in the abortion battle as right to life groups push state legislatures to call a national constitutional convention. Eight states have approved petitions so far with more moving in about 15 states, aiming for the two thirds threshold to trigger a convention. The effort sparks internal divisions with some opposing the move and others arguing it pressures Congress to act.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Karen Mulhauser
National Abortion Rights Action League
Mulhauser
Local resident opposes I-380 route through farm land
A Linn County reader argues against the I-380 corridor plan citing loss of prime Iowa farmland. He notes reduced speeds and conservation goals, questions traffic benefits, and details the impact on his 176 acre property used for a potential racetrack for semi trucks and rights of way along abandoned railroad lines.
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Iowa
Letter to the editor on Cedar Rapids zoo improvement choice
A reader thanks volunteers for the Girl Scout Anything Goes weekend and argues for a better Cedar Rapids zoo. The piece criticizes the Bever Park zoo questionnaire, urges funding for improved enclosures for lions and leopards, and calls for a “superzoo” or removing the nonzoos.
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Barnyard
Cedar Rapids’ Zoo
Old MacDonald
Suzy Park Thomson and Koreagate Grand Jury Probe
Justice Department witness Suzy Park Thomson testifies in Koreagate case as lawmakers and associates face scrutiny over alleged Korean payoffs. The Lee memo ties Tong Sun Park to funding to congressmen including Wolff Brademas and Matsunaga, while ethics scrutiny slows under pressure from leadership.
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Suzy Park Thomson
South Korea
Justice Department
B.Y. Lee
Tong Sun Park
Lew Thompson
Lee
U.S
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Congressman Flowers
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Tip” O'Neill
Suzy Thomson
Flowers
House
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Justice
Matsunaga
Juanita Moody
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