Thanking Iowa's family caregivers this holiday season
U S Senator Joni Ernst urges recognition of family caregivers in Iowa and nationwide during National Family Caregivers Month. She highlights 317,000 Iowa caregivers and 40 million nationwide, and pitches the bipartisan Credit for Caring Act offering up to 3000 tax credit to offset out of pocket costs. She notes caregiver efforts seen at the 2016 Caregiver Wellness Day in Cedar Rapids and calls for ongoing support to help families keep loved ones at home.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Community Letters Protest Traffic on Interstate 80
A letter condemns post election protests that halted traffic on Interstate 80 and Interstate 380 near Iowa City on November 11, describing dangerous scenes, abrupt stops, and near misses. The writer laments damage to public safety and erosion of constitutional processes.
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Donald Trump
Iowa City
Interstate 80
Kennedy High protests prompt voter-age question
A reader letters debate student protests at Kennedy High School and question voting eligibility. The writer argues for orderly change in four years and test-on-elections ideas. The piece also discusses a Iowa bill by Rep Bobby Kaufmann on campus mental health services.
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Kennedy High School
Bobby Kaufmann
Wilton
Kabul Grand Hotel illustrates US reconstruction failures
Mary Sanchez argues that the Kabul Grand Hotel symbolises failed Afghan reconstruction efforts. She cites SIGAR findings of potential loan default worth 85 million tied to OPIC financing, and notes waste and weak oversight alongside jobs and diplomatic housing goals.
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Kabul Grand Hotel
U.S
Kabul
Marriott
Afghanistan
Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction
SIGAR
Overseas Private Investment Corp
OPIC
Silent Guest tradition revived to feed hungry worldwide
William Lambers writes that the 1947 48 silent guest campaign urged Americans to donate the cost of feeding a hungry guest at Thanksgiving. Mount St Joseph University students revive the effort to support the UN World Food Programme amid crises from Syria to Yemen and Madagascar.
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Robert Bradford
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Mass
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Europe
Iris Gabriel
Bradford
U.S
Mount St. Joseph University
Ohio
Mount’s Impact Club
Monica Brucher
Haiti
Matthew
WFP
Syria
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