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What to watch for on election day 2011
Washington BureauThe Big One is still 52 weeks away, but the results from a host of local elections today may offer fresh clues about the state of play in politics just as the presidential nominating process is set to begin. At stake on this "off-year" general election...Tags: Abortion Issue, Politics, Barack Obama, African Americans, Democratic Party
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Local officials rate property tax cut plan
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaCEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Back in 1969, the Rolling Stones produced the classic song, "You Can't Always Get What You Want." As the public looks at the tax reduction bill hammered out in the Iowa Legislature, reaction seems to be similar to a line from that...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Business, Government, Regional Authority
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Groups push for Medicaid expansion
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaLiberal groups see time running short for a chance to expand Medicaid in Iowa. That's why several organizations teamed up for a small rally Wednesday at the Waterloo Public Library in an effort to put pressure on Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa House...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Government, Health Insurance, Medicaid
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Little compromise in Iowa Legislature
Creston News AdviserIowa Rep. Jack Drake, R-Griswold, said the Iowa Legislature is moving slowly because there isn't a lot of agreement between the Iowa Senate and Iowa House of Representatives. Sen. Hubert Houser, R-Carson, didn't disagree. The two Iowa lawmakers talked...Tags: Marketing, Politics, Taxation, Advertising, U.S. Senate
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Supporters, opponents debate expanding Iowa's DNA collection
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaAt 4 a.m. on June 5, 2007, Micah Matthews broke into a 50-year-old woman's Iowa City home, woke her and forced her at gunpoint to drive to an ATM and withdraw cash. Matthews then pistol-whipped her, sexually assaulted her and bound her wrists and ankles...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Abusive Behavior, Crimes, Misdemeanors, Biotechnology Industry
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Former State Rep. Marv Diemer dies; championed trails, Cedar Falls and baseball
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaCEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Marv Diemer was a man on a mission -- right up to the day he died Tuesday at age 88 after a sudden illness. Whether debating a bill on the floor of the Iowa Legislature, helping build a bike trail in Cedar Falls or lobbying the U.S....Tags: U.S. Postal Service, U.S. House of Representatives, University of Northern Iowa, Mail Order Industry, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Debate intensifies over animal undercover filming
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Animal welfare groups reacted with outrage Wednesday after the Iowa Legislature made the state the first to approve a bill making it a crime to surreptitiously get into a farming operation to record video of animal abuse. The...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Employment Opportunities, Crimes, Career and Workplace
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Measures to stop livestock taping stall in states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Efforts to outlaw the undercover recording of animal abuse in livestock operations appear to have stalled in Iowa and other states in the face of complaints that the proposals were intended primarily to protect the industry with...Tags: Vegan Diet, Employers, Diets and Dieting, Public Employees, Politics
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Measures to stop livestock taping stall in states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Efforts to outlaw the undercover recording of animal abuse in livestock operations appear to have stalled in Iowa and other states in the face of complaints that the proposals were intended primarily to protect the...Tags: Vegan Diet, Employers, Public Employees, Politics, Diets and Dieting
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Why Iowa couldn't OK limits on young drivers
Tribune staff reporterThe push for "Nick's Law" started with plenty of emotion and political muscle. The death of Nick Bisignano offered a textbook example of the tragic mix of underage drinking and speeding. The 17-year-old son of a former state lawmaker--a friend of the...Tags: Cell Phones, Politics, Death, Safety of Citizens, Drunk Driving
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Iowa among leaders in rails to trails
Knight Ridder/TribuneOn a bicycle trail in rural Iowa, life is busting out all over. Just outside Yale, a doe crashed out of the brush and bounded onto freshly plowed fields. Warblers zoomed back and forth across the trail, twittering, as female cardinals sought out twigs...Tags: Transportation, Des Moines Register, State Parks, Death, Buddy Holly
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