Marion weighs waste transfer station in city
The Gazette notes Marion City Council faces a decision on permitting a waste transfer station, weighing environmental and economic factors against regional politics and Bluestem Solid Waste Agency interests. Other Iowa towns already host facilities, showing the issue will persist.
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Coralville
N & N Sanitation
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Yutzy
Johnson County
Linn
Inhofe climate views feared to cost jobs and rise
Letter writers debate global warming, oil funding, and political bias. Rebecca Hahn questions inaction on climate and campaign money from oil interests while Scott Walton urges calmer discourse after Sept 11. Separate readers defend rural medicine, critique media coverage, and contrast Cronkite’s politics with U.N. and presidential honesty.
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Inhofe
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Alabama vote shows limits of tax hikes in a poorer state
Alabama voters rejected a 1.2 billion tax increase supported by most leaders, opting for deep spending cuts instead. The piece argues the public favors spending restraint over higher taxes, reflects nationwide skepticism of government spend, and casts doubt on political elites while praising populist pushback.
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