Iowa and UNI slip in faculty pay rankings
The University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa fell in average faculty salaries in 2009-10, with UI dropping one Big Ten spot and UNI sliding two in the Missouri Valley. Iowa State stayed sixth in the Big 12 at 84,800, UI averaged 94,100, UNI 67,800 with no raises, prompting concerns about recruiting and retention.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
American Association of University Professors
Iowa State University
Missouri Valley
Hans Isakson
Early retirement boom hits Iowa state workers
More state employees in Iowa seek early retirement than expected under the program approved last session. By April 2, 1,138 had applied, with a Thursday deadline approaching. retirees receive 1000 per year of service up to 25000, health insurance for up to five years, and about half the retirees are expected to be replaced by new hires earning roughly half the pay.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Robert Bailey
Chet Culver
Bailey
FEMA funds redirected from unsalvageable sites to other projects
Government considers reallocating FEMA disaster funds from sites deemed unsalvageable to accelerate or support alternative recovery projects. Officials note flexibility to reassign resources while meeting eligibility rules and timelines.
FEMA program eyed to fund improved flood projects in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette reports FEMA may pay Cedar Rapids to replace a flooded city facility with an alternative or improved project. City official Greg Eyerly sees this as a silver lining amid flood recovery, noting the program could expand healing beyond merely restoring the old structure.
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Gazette
Edar Rapids
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Greg Eyerly
Flood damaged sites and estimated replacement funds in Cedar Rapids
The Sinclair meatpacking site faces demolition with potential recovery funds between 20 million and 45 million for redeployment to other city projects. Other flood hit facilities slated for demolition include a hydroelectric plant, animal shelter, First Street SE parking ramp, forestry operation buildings, Time Check Recreation Center, Quality Chef site, Ushers Ferry Village buildings, and a 35 million sanitary sewer line, per the flood recovery director.
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Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Meatpacking
First Street
Ushers Ferry
Employers Face Health Law Changes for Dependents and Benefits
The health care law will let employees keep children on employer plans until age 26 and ban lifetime caps. It also imposes an essential benefits package for new plans from 2014, while allowing existing plans to adjust costs and coverage. Premiums are expected to rise, with 2016 projections around 7300 dollars for individual policies and 20300 dollars for family plans at large employers.
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McClatchy
Washington
Congressional Budget Office
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