Taxis Back Smoking Ban Backed by Officials and Advocates
Cedar Rapids and neighboring cities back efforts to ban smoking in taxis. Officials argue cabs supply public transportation and riders, including the young and disabled, deserve smoke free air. Advocates emphasize health risks and rights of non-smokers over driver convenience.
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Don Thomas
Zahn
Hanson
Leslie Weber
Weber
Gary Streit
American Cancer Society
Streit
Bill Hoekstra
Five Seasons Transportation and Parking
Barwig outlines bioenergy research at BECON
Barwig describes multiple bioenergy paths at BECON including burning fuel to drive generators and drying seed corn. Researchers study pyrolysis to yield oil, converting oil with organisms into products, using animal fat for biodiesel, and anaerobic digestion of corn stover with hog manure to produce methane and recover valuable chemicals. Elliott Protsch of Alliant-IES Utilities will meet with Bush in Nevada.
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Tingley
Barwig
BECON
Tonya Peeples
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Iowa
Bush
Nevada
Elliott Protsch
Alliant-Ies Utilities
Alliant
Westgate
James Lynch
Jamesi
University plans cuts as tenured staff resignations rise
UNI President Robert Koob warned 27 staffers and many tenured faculty will depart. He said replacements may be part time adjuncts, risking academic quality. Regent Clarkson Kelly foresees a 15 percent tuition rise to cover state funding losses. The administration is reviewing 20 programs to determine which to keep open, all of them non academic.
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UNI
Robert Koob
Koob
Clarkson Kelly
Charles City
Coleman
Power disruptions hit Kinze and Cedar Rapids plants
Intermittent Alliant outages forced Kinze Manufacturing in Williamsburg to suspend shifts for a third day. Ned Miller says workers lose hours and productivity as power is cut from 10 am to 10 pm daily. Downtown YMCA closures affect hundreds, with other branches assisting. Renewable advocates warn the outages could influence Iowa energy policy debates.
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Kinze Manufacturing
Williamsburg
Ned Miller
Kinze
Alliant
YMCA
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Stoney Point
Ruff
Louisa
Muscatine
Duane Arnold
Duane
Iowa
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Midwest
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