Johnson County Still Has Work to Do on Troubled Intersections: Iowa City Daily News Links, March 4

Winter Storm Saturn, eh? I think I could have come up with a cooler name than that.

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On to the Links!

Lee Hermiston of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes about efforts to improve the most crash prone intersections in Johnson County.

Iowa City Sand in the City will not be a part of the Summer of the Arts festival lineup this year, instead being replaced by the Iowa Soul Festival reports Alesha Crews of the Press-Citizen.

Luke Voelz of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes about a unique establishment in Coralville that sells bras and other garments to women who have had masectomies.

Voelz also wrote about the home and real estate expo over the weekend, and some of the ideas that they shared.

A nice profile on a man with a brain injury who helps others with laughter yoga class. (Des Moines Register)

Read about what interesting bills may mak the cut or not during the Iowa Legislature's first funnel period this week. (Des Moines Register)

There's a nearly $500 million spending gap between the plans proposed by Iowa Republicans and Iowa Democrats, and that means a lot of compromise (or not) ahead. (Des Moines Register)

A nice article on the rare degree of political power enjoyed by Iowa's longstanding bipartisan senatorial duo of Grassley and Harkin. (Des Moines Register)

Iowa employers are preparing for Obamacare changes. (Des Moines Register)

PATV has a three part series talking about epilepsy.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day:

According to the MPOJC report — which is based on data collected from 2008 to 2010 — the five worst collision locations in Iowa City are Melrose Avenue and Mormon Trek Boulevard, Burlington and Clinton streets, Burlington and Gilbert streets, Riverside Drive and Grand Avenue/Burlington Street, and Rocky Shore Drive and Highway 6. In Coralville, the top-ranking intersections are Coral Ridge Avenue and Commerce Drive, Highway 6 and First Avenue, Highway 6 and 22nd Avenue, Coral Ridge Avenue and Holiday Road, Highway 6 and 12th Avenue, and Highway 6 and 25th Avenue.

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