New Pioneer Co-Op Looking at Adding Third Location: Iowa City Daily Links, Jan. 22

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Hayle Bruce of the Gazette writes that New Pioneer Co-Op is staying downtown for the present moment and may add a third store in North Liberty or Cedar Rapids.

Adam Sullivan of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that an adult transitions program that supporters were worried would be moved to the Roosevelt Elementary building will not be moved this year.

Ryan Foley with the Associated Press has an interesting article about a Iowa Supreme Court ruling that will expand protection for Internet publishers but not afford the same protections to the average citizen.

The Johnson County Veterans Hospital is looking for a few good drivers to help transport wounded vets from the Waterloo area to Iowa City to receive treatment. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

Gov. Branstad and the Democrats in the Iowa Legislature may be set to play a game of chicken over allowable growth financing for school districts but the school districts are worried they're the ones that will get smashed in the middle. (Press Citizen via Des Moines Register)

Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen writes about West High School joining in with the fundraising action with the University of Iowa's Dance Marathon.

Susan Harman of the Press-Citizen writes that City and West may be on a collision course in the girl's 5A basketball tournament.

Sacramento, California may copy Iowa City's successful painted benches idea, writes Mitchell Schmidt of the Press-Citizen.

The City of Cedar Rapids is asking for a law change by the Iowa Legislature that could affect the proximity of shooting ranges to populated areas. (The Gazette)

The Iowa City City Council is still considering its plans to rebuild the scorched landfill. (Press-Citizen)

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

University of Iowa journalism professor Lyombe Eko said the court "has given protection to people who are bullied on the Internet, the victims of smears or lies or accusations posted on Facebook and Twitter." People will be able to sue the attacker, but not the company that hosts the site where the statements are posted, he said.

Media lawyers said the decision modernized Iowa's libel law by extending free-speech protections to Internet publishers. They had wanted the court to go even farther and give all online communication by citizens the same protections enjoyed by the media at a time when anyone with a computer can publish information.

Still, they were happy with the outcome.

"We were able to radically expand who is considered media. It's just not news organizations anymore, which is great," said attorney Mike Giudicessi, who represented a publishing company in the case.

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