Iowa teacher pay drives new exodus and shortages
Iowa education leaders warn of shrinking applicant pools as districts struggle to fill posts from Waterloo to Mason City. New grads like Michelle Noble relocate to higher paying states while turnover remains high. State starting pay of 23000 lags private sector wages, prompting calls for salary increases and recruitment improvements.
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Waterloo
Jolene Franken
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa
Michelle Noble
Las Vegas
University of Northern Iowa
Noble
Roger Diehl
East High School
Alice
Elk Run
Keith Sersland
Sersland
Bush tops Iowa State Fair straw poll at 53 percent
George W. Bush led Al Gore 53.1 to 40.9 percent in the Iowa State Fair straw poll conducted by the Secretary of State's Office. Culver reported 10,043 votes cast over 11 days, with Ralph Nader third at 3.4 percent and Reform candidates Buchanan and Hagelin far behind.
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James Q. Lynch
Iowa
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Culver
Bush
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Tom Vilsack
Green Party
Ralph Nader
Iowa exhibit shows virtual drinking and driving risks
Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson used a computer simulating BAC to illustrate how drinking can occur without reaching Iowa’s intoxication threshold. The Century Council exhibit aims to educate on drunk driving ahead of Labor Day weekend and support lowering the legal limit.
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Todd Ruger
Des Moines
Sally Pederson
State Capitol
Iowa
Pederson
Century Council of
Washington, D.C
Michelle Brosnan
Midwest
Council
Tom Miller
Miller
Campaign Almanac details event with Loebsack in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Democrats invite the public to a 9 p.m. presentation by Cornell College professor David Loebsack on his experiences as a DNC delegate in Los Angeles. Joining him are Pat Marshall and Catherine Deshaies. A hog roast with Rosemary Schwartz and guest reps Dick Myers and Bill Dotzler follows Sunday at Rainbow Lake Little Lodge Tama County roads V18 and E64.
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Cornell College
David Loebsack
Los Angeles
Rosemary Schwartz
Iowa House
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Gary Lamb
Chelsea
Rainbow Lake Little Lodge
Tama County
Dick Myers
Coralville
Bill Dotzler
Waterloo
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