Iowa needs to backfill promises and clean its house
The Gazette editorial argues state revenue shortfalls require honest budgeting and backfilling local coffers tied to 2013 property tax cuts. It notes counties and cities already max out levies and warns against shifting blame to local governments. Officials should review exemptions and reform plans before further cuts.
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Tate
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Hiawatha
Branstad
China
Kim Reynolds
Gazette
Linn, Johnson
Reynolds
Climate shifts urge bipartisanship on carbon and boycotts
A community letter warns that warming driven by CO2 raises hurricane risk and sea level, urging objective science and a carbon fee with dividends. It notes the Israel Anti-Boycott bill in Congress, defends free speech, and invites Phyllis Bennis to speak at the Iowa City Public Library about Middle East issues and related advocacy.
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James McCoy
Congress
Supreme Court
Israel
Phyllis Bennis
Iowa City Public Library
Bennis
Internationalism Project
Middle East
Translational Institute
Amsterdam
United Methodists
Kairos
Iowans For Palestine
US Center For Human Rights
Veterans For Peace
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The Welfare State Legacy In Black American Mathes
Walter Williams argues that contemporary black challenges stem not from slavery but from weak family structures poverty and welfare policies. He presents data on single parent households poverty by family type and contrasts past labor market participation with current discrimination claims.
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Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences
Critics warn against Graham Cassidy repeal plan for Obamacare
The Washington Post editorial argues the Graham Cassidy repeal bill would slash Medicaid, shift funds from blue to red states, risk unstable block grants, and rush health care reform without bipartisan input or full CBO review. It warns many states could fail to craft new systems by 2020, risking chaos.
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Lindsey Graham
D.C
Dean Heller
Nev
Ron Johnson
Wis
John McCain
R-Ariz
Congressional Budget Office
Graham
Graham-Cassidy
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Centerleft
Capitol Hill
Linda Blumberg
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