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Congressman Loebsack Invites Glenn Beck To View Flood Damage In Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Trish Nelson

Congressman Loebsack Invites Glenn Beck To View Flood Damage In Cedar Rapids Gazetteonline.com Congressman Loebsack invited Fox News commentator Glenn Beck to Cedar Rapids to view the damage the city sustained during the Floods of 2008. Along with an invitation … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform Update: Time for a Sabbatical

Posted on April 20, 2010 by altapricehome

Health Care Reform Update: Time for a Sabbatical by Alta Price, M.D. Now that a comprehensive health care reform bill has passed on the national level, I think it is time for Blog for Iowa to move on to other … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: AFL-CIO 2010 Executive Pay Watch

Posted on April 19, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update:  AFL-CIO 2010 Executive Pay Watch by Tracy Kurowski Last Tuesday, the AFL-CIO launched its 2010 Executive Pay Watch, an on-line catalogue of CEO pay for the previous year.   The purpose of the annual report is to focus attention … Continue reading →

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Iowans Know The Source of the Deficit

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Paul Deaton

Iowans Know The Source of the Deficit by Paul Deaton “It is easy to harp about the size of government and deficit spending. It is easy to say we are “taxed enough already.” What is harder is for congressmen and … Continue reading →

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On Tea Parties and Crossing the Line

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Paul Deaton

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The Economic Challenges for Hard-Working Iowans

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Paul Deaton

The Economic Challenges for Hard-Working Iowans by Tom Fiegen Being a bankruptcy lawyer for almost 22 years has given me a front row seat when the economy or change brings hardship and misery to a farm or small business in … Continue reading →

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The Iowa Governor's Public Health Conference

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Paul Deaton

The Iowa Governor's Public Health Conference by Paul Deaton “While the more radical among us would suggest that Iowa’s public health system be completely re-engineered, it seems an unlikely undertaking. The current approach is through legislation and incremental change…”Most Iowans … Continue reading →

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Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Paul Deaton

Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament “In recognition of the fact that President Obama is consistently, diligently working to improve the national security posture of the United States, Blog for Iowa will publish major addresses by the administration concerning … Continue reading →

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Progressives Crash Iowa City Tea Party

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Trish Nelson

Progressives Crash Iowa City Tea Party by Trish Nelson An actual tea party would probably have been more exciting.  All in all, I'd have to consider this one a dud. The tea partiers are so yesterday.  Can we please stop … Continue reading →

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Iowans Have the Threat of Nuclear Weapons on their Minds

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Paul Deaton

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