05 Feb 2002

Iowa Senate Campaigns Won't be Cheap

By Administrator
• According to documents filed by Iowa's U.S. Senate candidates, incumbent Senator Tom Harkin has amassed a large war chest for his re-election bid. Harkin has collected $2.2 million for his campaign, including more than $1.
05 Feb 2002

And The Beat Goes On

By Robert Jackson Jr.
Revolutionaries seldom survive long enough to see their visions realized. Crispus Attucks found this out in 1770. Attucks became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre.
05 Feb 2002

Now or Never: It's Your Renaissance

By Administrator
Last year, the City of Davenport developed and submitted its Vision Iowa application to the state and received a $20 million grant for various components. This weekend, the public will get its first real opportunities to guide portions of the massive downtown-revitalization project.
05 Feb 2002

53rd and Eastern Search Process Nears Its End

By Jeff Ignatius
While the process has not been as public as those to develop a concept for the River Music Center and to choose a firm for the skybridge, the city's effort to develop new plans for its property at 53rd Street and Eastern Avenue is moving forward.
29 Jan 2002

Option Tax Might Become Statewide in Iowa

By Joe Collins
• The one-cent local-option sales tax in Scott and Muscatine counties that helps fund education might be implemented all across Iowa. The additional statewide sales tax would give those districts that haven't been able to pass a local-option sales tax access to more funding, without having to raise property taxes or relying on a vote.
29 Jan 2002

A Taxing Question

By Jeff Ignatius
Local business and political leaders fear that to gain a few thousandths of one percent of the state's budget, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is threatening the economic balance of the Quad Cities. As part of his budget proposal two weeks ago, Vilsack announced a tax-policy change that could hamper efforts to attract businesses and workers to the Iowa Quad Cities.
29 Jan 2002

Laverne Williams, 1910-2001

By Jimmie Jones
On December 16, the Quad Cities lost a fine and loving mother when Laverne Williams passed away while sitting in a chair in her Spencer Tower apartment in Rock Island. She celebrated her 91st birthday on October 15.
29 Jan 2002

REPLACEMENT FOR 50-YEAR-OLD PAP SMEAR METHOD IS CLEARED BY FDA

By Lashon Moore, ARNP
The ThinPrep 2000 System, which prepares the ThinPrep® Pap Test, is intended as a replacement for the 50 year old Pap smear, the most widely used cancer screening test. More than 100 million Pap tests are performed annually worldwide.
22 Jan 2002

Centennial Bridge to Be Toll-Free by June, but Traffic Headaches Will Continue

By Joe Collins
• The good news about the Centennial Bridge is that the tolls are tentatively scheduled to be removed by June. The bad news: Traffic slowdowns and tie-ups are likely while improvements and renovations are made to the bridge, and these could drag into 2003.
22 Jan 2002

You Don't Know Jack

By Administrator
There's currently a syndicated game show called You Don't Know Jack on which host Troy Stevens, played by Paul Reubens, asks contestants a series of satirical and irreverent questions based mostly on pop culture.

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