Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act Debate
Local advocates worry a pending federal bill could end sub minimum wages for disabled workers, risking fewer job opportunities. The piece cites Henry's Turkey Service and urges balanced reform to protect vulnerable workers while preserving supportive programs.
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Ocal
Florida
Cliff Stearns
Iowa
Congress
Stearns
Henry
Turkey Service
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Goodwill Industries
Linn County
Systems Unlimited
Community cooperation highlights public-private prairie effort
A Cedar Rapids city employee harvested prairie seeds from land owned by Indian Creek Nature Center with a Linn County Road Department machine. The effort supported the Prairie Park Fishery trail, showing productive collaboration among private citizens, non profits, and government.
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Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek
Hoover Trail
Ely
Linn County Trails Association
Linncountytrails.org
John Waller
LCTA
Linn County Conservation Department
Dennis Goemaat
Conservation Department
Conservation Department, Who Indicated That Portion of the Trail Was the City of
Dennis
Daniel Gibbins
Tom Peffer
Linn County Conservation Board
Occupy activists heirs to the Boston Tea Party
Jay Miller Hills argues that Occupy protesters mirror colonial aims against corporate power. He criticizes the Tea Party as a corporate front funded by the Kochs, contrasting pro democracy Occupy with right wing manipulation.
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Occupy
Boston
Koch Brothers
Jay Miller Hills
Citizens urged to oppose oil pipeline and protect U S resources
Bill Ferrel of Agape Sustainability Advisors argues against the Keystone XL pipeline contending it will not lower gas prices. He criticizes oil industry advertising and warns about tar sands oil crossing the Alberta oil fields to Port Arthur, Texas, and shipping globally harming the Ogallala Aquifer and U S breadbasket.
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America
U.S
United States
Rick Martin
U.S. Navy
Adjutant
VFW
Cedar Rapids
Elisabeth Robbins
China
Alberta
Canada
Ogallala
Port Arthur
Texas
United States of America
Bill Ferrel
Agape Sustainability Advisors
Coralville
Alternatives to raising Iowa gas tax urged by writer
A letter argues considering toll roads and federal rail funding before increasing the gas tax. The writer questions stalled Iowa City to Chicago rail plans and urges lawmakers to back the president's transportation bill while vowing to vote against any gas tax hike until options such as tolls and rail are explored.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Chicago
Des Moines
Omaha
Top Earners Urged to Fund Support Over Corporations
A citizen argues that wealthier individuals should bear the larger tax burden to fund national needs, proposing heavier taxes on the top 10 percent while reducing corporate taxation. The message praises the country’s treatment of high earners and calls for policy change.
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Jim Clark
Fairfax
Election winners and losers noted in Cedar Rapids column
Tuesday results show Liz Mathis victorious in Senate District 18 with early voting boosting her lead. GOP figures, Cedar Rapids council hopefuls, and labor concerns draw reactions amid a costly race. Mathis fundraising nears $690,000 while Golding trails.
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Senate
Mike Gronstal
Liz Mathis
Marion
Terry Branstad
Cedar Rapids
Mathis
Cindy Golding
Dairy Queen
Republicans
Golding
Rick Santorum
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Iowa KidsNet
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Fox News
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