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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 2011
Page
1
Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier after a public furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach. Paterno had announced plans to retire after his 46th season, as protests and student reaction swelled.
Rising demand from Asia drives turtle meat prices higher and boosts trapping in Iowa. Reptile experts and the Department of Natural Resources warn native populations may suffer as commercial harvest ramps up, with advocates like Collette Adkins Giese urging tighter restrictions.
Iowa Democrats cheered wins that suggest momentum a year before the 2012 presidential election. In Linn County Senate District 18 Democrat Liz Mathis held the seat, keeping control of the Senate with a message voters want jobs over ideological agendas. Senator Tom Harkin commented on the shift as voters contrasted national contests with local concerns.
In elections across the country unions gain traction as 8A law limits public sector bargaining faces scrutiny. Mississippi voters reject a fertilized egg as a person. An Arizona lawmaker critical of immigration is recalled. Grassley notes unions’ broad influence in industrial states amid midterm policy momentum. Mathis wins in a election.
An Iowa court ruled that a school district cannot discipline a newspaper adviser for allowing students to publish content that upset administrators. Education and press groups hailed the decision as a major reaffirmation of student journalism rights.
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