Iowa lawmakers end historic 2017 session with GOP changes
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers closed a historic 2017 session amid fireworks over major policy shifts by a new Republican majority. They finalized a 7.245 billion general fund budget for 2018 preserving medical cannabis access while overhauling collective bargaining for public employees. Senator Jason Schultz praised the session as the most consequential in generations.
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Regents president urges tuition hikes to cover cuts
In Council Bluffs, after $30 million in base state support was cut, outgoing State Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter urged the board to work with public universities on additional fall tuition increases. Details are being ironed out.
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Iowa School For the Deaf
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ISU seeks new president as Regents race folds into tuition plan
ISU insiders target a fall window for a new president while McKibben launches a bid for the Board of Regents presidency. Regents expect an 8 percent tuition rise atop an approved 2 percent. The board will announce a special meeting on the plan with a first reading set for late May and a final reading at the June meeting.
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Branstad seeks water quality plan approval in final term
Governor Branstad pursues a long term water quality improvement plan as the House approves a $513 million, 12 year funding package. The measure shifts between chambers to favor collaborative watershed projects among cities rural landowners and other groups with support from Senate leadership.
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R-Ankeny
Iowa Ranks Top 10 in Renewable Energy Investment
Iowa places 10th nationwide and first in the Midwest in clean energy investment per a Union of Concerned Scientists report. The analysis uses data from EIA and Census Bureau, measuring wind solar geothermal hydroelectric and bioenergy, energy efficiency and EV trends.
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