Commuters urged for Cedar Rapids wheel tax and fees
Cedar Rapids leaders push new revenue ideas targeting non residents who work in the city. A wheel tax is proposed for those who drive on city streets and use services but live outside. Some council members also seek higher fees for non residents on services like dog parks and parking.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
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Tom Podzimek
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Podzimek
Linn County
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Partnership aims to keep troubled kids afloat
Aerial view of an Iowa program ties Four Oaks and College Community School District to an 11th year suspension initiative. At the Four Oaks Smith Center campus Prairie Edge School and the district’s alternative high school operate within a secure classroom where students reflect on their suspensions. Becker leads a behavior change process focusing on accountability and revised actions.
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the Gazette
Terry Becker
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Four Oaks
Cedar Rapids
Four Oaks Smith Center
College Community School
Kathy Miller
Prairie Edge
Alter
Becker
Taylor music program wins 2500 award
Cedar Rapids A flood damaged neighborhood gains help as Taylor Elementary School wins 2500 dollars from Scholastic Media's Clif ford Big Red Dog Be Big contest for its Music Mentoring program. Watt, a 20 year old VISTA worker from St Paul, prepared the relaunch with Matthew 25 Ministry Hub.
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Cedar Rapids
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Scholastic Media
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Scholastic
Watt
Mike Lind
Waterloo
Iowa
Watt Food Bank
VISTA
Cornell College
St. Paul
Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghan outpost attack
Hundreds of insurgents attacked two remote outposts near the Pakistan border in Nuristan Province. Eight U.S. soldiers died and more than 20 Afghan security troops were captured. The dawn assault, the deadliest for U.S. forces in over a year, could impact policy debates over the war.
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Pakistan
U.S
Ramdesh
Nuristan
Washington
U.S. deaths rise in Afghanistan war report
The Defense Department lists 774 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan Pakistan and Uzbekistan since late 2001. Nine American soldiers were killed in a Wanat outpost raid. Gen Stanley McChrystal plans to shift troops from remote, hard to defend outposts to more populated areas under a new strategy.
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Afghanistan
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Uzbekistan
Defense Department
Wanat
Stanley McChrystal
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