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Harkin renews promise of health bill with public option by Christmas

By Lynda Waddington 10/1/09

There is no doubt, according to U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, that Pres. Barack Obama will have a health care reform bill on his desk by Christmas — and that the bill will include a public option.
“Reports of the public option’s death are greatly exaggerated,” Harkin said Thursday morning, noting once again that four out of [...]

Iowa Senate to consider medical marijuana law

By Jason Hancock 3/9/09

Senators will debate the virtues of medical marijuana during a subcommittee hearing Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Senate File 293, sponsored by Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, would create the Medical Marijuana Act, which would allow the possession and use of marijuana for therapeutic purposes, create compassion centers and provide for criminal and civil penalties for misuse.

Drinking Water After a Tsunami in Sri Lanka

By Adam Burke 4/11/08

A 15-minute documentary culled from 25 hours of footage and interviews with hoteliers, refugees and activists in Sri Lanka — called “2006 Sri Lanka: Business, Relief, and Water after the Tsunami,” was a project of University of Iowa professor Dr. Paul Greenough, UI cinema major Swarnavel Eswaranpillai and Harish Naraindas of Jawaharlal Nehru University. The [...]

Harkin Introduces Bill To Provide Nutrition Information At Restaurants

By Douglas Burns 3/14/08

“American adults and children now consume a third of their calories at restaurants and nutrition and health experts say that rising caloric consumption and growing portion sizes are causes of obesity,” said Harkin.

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