Vilsack Seen Moving Carefully In Iowa Transition
The Cedar Rapids area business leader Mike Blouin will co chair Vilsack’s transition team as the governor elect weighs replacements. Vilsack signals targeted changes, stressing qualifications amid party pressures while promising orderly governing over the next four years.
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OWA
Tom Vilsack
Mike Blouin
Cedar Rapids
Blouin
Vilsack
Associated Press
Bob Ray
Ray
Harold Hughes
Hughes
U.S
Senate
IPTV
Iowa
Summit of officials deserves consideration
A column urges a bipartisan summit of public servants from city hall to the U.S. Capitol to share goals, address unfunded mandates, and align funding for highways schools mental health and emergency aid. It argues such cross-level dialogue would deepen understanding and better serve the people.
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Dubuque
Rob Tully
Gazette
U.S
House of Representatives
Tully
Iowa
Impeachment Debate by Rep Tom Campbell
U S Representative Tom Campbell argues the House must weigh impeachment with fairness and full defense for President Clinton. He outlines standards from treason to high crimes and whether perjury, misusing official power, or destroying trust constitutes an impeachable offense.
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U.S
Tom Campbell
House Judiciary Committee
Clinton
Congress
House
Senate
Laurence Tribe
Harvard
Paula Jones
Monica Lewinsky
Textbooks harm children by undermining thinking and independence
Gary Hull argues that textbooks from math to history suppress independent reasoning through team based learning and visuals. He decries jigsaw problems and narrative erosion, warning that schools may produce students lacking problem solving and conceptual skills.
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Susie
Johnny
Sally
Utilities promise clashes with deregulation in Iowa Wisconsin
Report notes Alliant Utilities and MidAmerican Energy navigate merger promises rate freezes and rising costs. Wisconsin PSC approved WP&L IES Utilities and Interstate Power merger with four year rate freeze, then sought 70.7 million in increases for fuel, Y2K, and nuclear repairs. MidAmerican targets deregulation study in Council Bluffs and faces net metering fights in Iowa.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Alliant Utilities
MidAmerican Energy
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Power and Light
Wp&l
Madison
IES Utilities
Cedar Rapids
Interstate Power of
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Home Power Magazine
Ashland
Ore
California
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Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
San Jose Mercury News
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Gary Hullociety
Addison-Wesley
Gary Hull
The
Ayn Rand Institute
Angeles Times
Consumer Reports
Bill Smith
IUB
Tom Snyder
Dyersville
Iowa Renewable Energy Association
Irenew
Drexler Middle School
Farley
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