Regents meeting draws crowd against DEI curbs
A Mes Ames crowd gathered inside the Iowa Board of Regents meeting to oppose anti DEI actions and other political impositions on public universities. Speakers questioned when education must outweigh party pressures and urged defending academic freedom and free speech.
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Regents eye tuition cap policy ahead of legislatio n
The Iowa Board of Regents considers a policy to cap resident tuition increases at the average of the last three Higher Education Price Index readings, aiming for a 3.0 percent rise at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa and 2.7 percent at the University of Northern Iowa for next fall. The move comes as lawmakers explore tuition cap ideas, with prior years showing hikes near 4 percent. campus committees approved the plan before presenting it to the full board for two readings.
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Iowa Medicaid work waiver faces wary citizens
Able-bodied Iowa Medicaid recipients could be required to work at least 100 hours a month under a federal waiver request. The plan drew concern from workers like Heather Sanders, whose 92-year-old mother has frequent hospital visits and who struggled to find accommodating employment. Republican Gov. Reynolds directed state agencies to pursue the waiver as a condition of coverage.
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Grassley town hall in Iowa sparks bickering over Trump hurtles into ire
About 100 attendees at a Worth County forum grilled U S senator Chuck Grassley on President Trump’s early months, including mass deportations and tariffs. The partisan tension surfaced when a participant apologized for the grief caused, triggering expletives and shouted exchanges as bystanders filmed the moment.
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