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Bootlegging Charges Against Iowa City Real Estate Agent Dropped: Iowa City Daily News Links, July 3
A quick rundown of daily news.
It's like having Friday in the middle of the week. Strange.
On to the Links!
From this Site
An Iowa City mother and her boyfriend accused of killing a 20-month-old child to the crime.
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And here are some photos this weekend.
The Affordable Health Care Act championed by President Barack Obama has the supreme court mostly unscathed. What are your thoughts ?
The city of Iowa City has released complete with a new community picnic and live music. Also see for the Fourth of July.
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From Other Sites
Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that bootlegging charges against an Iowa City real estate agent have been dismissed after he pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Hayley Bruce of the Gazette writes that the Iowa DOT is adding a new traffic signal to help reduce motorist confusion about left turns. I hope it's not a bad sign that I was confused when trying to understand how this signal will help things.
Iowa City is targeting specific neighborhoods with forgiveable loans that can be used to fix up properties.
Tony Leys and Jason Clayworth of the Des Moines Register write that Gov. Terry Branstad is standing firm against expanding Medicaid in Iowa, despite the fact that the federal government would pay for much of the expansion.
Clayworth also writes that in a preview of no doubt a debate to come next legislative session, Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds have volunteered to pay 20 percent of their health care premiums in a bid to get other state employees to do the same.
Shelter House has garnered a competitive $100,000 grant to serve veterans in Johnson County.
A cool story about an Iowa Hawkeye defensive lineman who is prepping to take the test to get into medical school. And here's a story about Iowa's receivers trying to get skinnier so they can get faster.
How hot is it? So hot it blew out part of Interstate 380 near Hiawatha.
Daily Links Excerpt of the Day
The new left turn signals — which will be implemented throughout the state as agencies upgrade their traffic signals or work to make improvements at dangerous intersections — will now include a flashing yellow arrow that tells a driver when to yield to traffic
“There was always the issue with people misunderstanding the green solid signal so this flashing yellow indicates something is going to change so you should be alert,” said Cathy Cutler, a transportation planner with the Iowa Department of Transportation. “And it seems very intuitive to motorists so that’s why we haven’t had any issues with the one that’s been up and running (in Iowa City) for awhile.”
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