Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Historic tornadoes in Iowa 4 days, 7 hours ago · View
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Sirens may be obsolete 4 days, 7 hours ago · View
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Iowa safer with sirens? 4 days, 7 hours ago · View
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Shelter from the storm 4 days, 7 hours ago · View
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Iowa’s congressional delegation united to learn what’s wrong in Washington 6 days, 4 hours ago · View
It’s been a scandal-filled week in Washington, one where Iowa’s Congressional delegation has united, at least in the need to sort out what went wrong. First was a committee hearing on the Benghazi incident, followed by news that the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting Tea Party groups to investigate misuse of non-profit status, and [...]Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Jellied tofu debate comes to White House 1 week, 6 days ago · View
Internet users in China, a country with a long tradition of petitioning, are appealing to a new authority to resolve grievances and controversies such as the merits of salty or sweet tofu – the White House petitions website. Created by President Barack Obama, the online petitioning system was designed as an “easy way for Americans [...]Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Branstad praises Iowa Veterans Home managers, but will review concerns 3 weeks, 1 day ago · View
Gov. Terry Branstad gave a strong vote of confidence Monday to managers at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, but acknowledged that his staff is reviewing concerns that have been raised regarding the facility’s operations. Branstad and his chief of staff, Jeff Boeyink, told reporters the more than 600 Veterans Home residents are receiving “a [...]
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Cedar Rapids art museum kicking off capital improvements 1 month ago · View
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is getting ready for a facelift. As the next phase of the $1.3 million 3RD Capital Campaign — which began in December to reinvent, rejuvenate and revitalize the museum, spurred by a $250,000 matching gift from the Hall-Perrine Foundation — construction will begin this summer on the museum’s Third [...]Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Boston suspect’s apparent Web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence 1 month ago · View
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and others calling for Chechen independence on what appears to be his page on a Russian language social networking site. Abusive comments in Russian and English were flooding onto Tsarnaev’s page on VK, a Russian-language social media site, on Friday after he was identified as [...]Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: ISU richardson 1 month ago · View
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Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Dozens reportedly hurt in Boston Marathon explosions 1 month ago · View
UPDATE: Two explosions struck the Boston Marathon as runners crossed the finish line on Monday, witnesses said, injuring at least four people on a day when tens of thousands of people pack the streets to watch one of the world’s best known marathons. Pictures from the scene showed blood stains on the ground and several [...]
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Iowa professor helps explain new financing options for costly divorces 1 month, 1 week ago · View
When big dollars are at stake in a divorce settlement – a situation faced by billionaire oilman Harold Hamm after his headline-grabbing breakup – the litigation tends to drag on for months, if not years. But a protracted court battle is expensive and may seem unaffordable for the “less moneyed” spouse divorcing an estranged partner [...]Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Dubuque Archdiocese names new bishop 1 month, 1 week ago · View
The Dubuque Catholic Archdiocese will welcome a new archbishop today. Pope Francis appointed Bishop Michael Jackels to become the new archbishop in Dubuque. He will be introduced at a news conference at 10 am in Dubuque. Bishop Jackels is currently the Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, where he’s served since 2005. According to his biography, Bishop [...]Richard Pratt commented on the blog post Are some banks ‘too big to prosecute’? 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
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Richard Pratt commented on the blog post Is a carbon tax on fossil fuels a good way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
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Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Natural gas contractor hurt in explosion at southeast Cedar Rapids home 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
A contractor working to relocate a natural gas line at a southeast Cedar Rapids home was injured Thursday morning when the gas line suddenly exploded. The explosion was reported at 11:17 a.m. Thursday at 3600 Skylark Lane SE. Dawn Stephens, one of the home’s owners, told dispatchers she had heard an explosion outside her home, [...]
Richard Pratt wrote a new blog post: Iowa to face about $46.5 million in cuts tied to sequestration 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Program reductions in Iowa caused by the federal budget sequestration likely will total about $46.5 million and hit education reading programs, public health areas and workforce development areas the hardest, a top state official said Thursday. David Roederer, director of the state Department of Management, said initial reviews indicate about 236 positions that are funded [...]
Richard Pratt commented on the blog post What’s the best location for a new Cedar Rapids rec center? 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Just to clarify, Sue, Harrison Elementary hasn’t been closed. It was considered for closure, but remains an elementary school at this point.
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