Chasing Lovely Performs for Cedar Rapids Students
Folk-pop duo Chasing Lovely entertained Roosevelt Middle School students in Cedar Rapids ahead of their Matthew 25 concert. Sisters Chloe and Taylor Turner blend haunting harmonies and soulful lyrics from their July EP Things We Don’t Talk About. The Korean American siblings grew up in Minneapolis and moved through Nashville before settling in Atlanta in April.
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Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Chloe Tuer
Taylor Tuer
Roosevelt Middle School
Cedar Rapids
Tuer Sisters
Edar Rapids
Chloe
Taylor Turner
Chasing Lovely
Matthew 25
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Nashville
Music City
Atlanta
Iowa UI ends Summer Hawk Tuition Grant to boost graduation rates
University of Iowa will discontinue the Summer Hawk Tuition Grant after the 2018 summer session due to state aid cuts. The program, started in 2014, offered undergraduates from Iowa full tuition coverage for up to 12 summer credits, with participation rising from 313 to 1,142 in two years. Administrators say funds will be redirected to areas with the greatest impact on graduation rates.
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Jacob Simpson
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Ideas
Simpson
Iowa City
Lon Moeller
Associ
Ate
University College
Sally Mason
Iowa
Tax reform and water quality top 2018 Iowa session goals
Iowa lawmakers plan a likely tough budget while Republicans push tax reform for 2018. Senate President Whitmer aims to simplify corporate and individual taxes, and House leader Hagenow signals long term water quality funding as a priority starting January 8.
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Des Moines
Senate
Jack Whitter
R-Ankeny
Iowa
K-Windsor
Heights
House
Chris Hagenow
R-Windsor Heights
Greater Des
Senate GOP tax plan faces deficit setback
The Republican tax overhaul plan heads for a Senate vote despite a nonpartisan scorekeeper saying it would add about 1 trillion dollars to the deficit over ten years. The report finds growth offsets cover only about a third of the bill’s cost, challenging claims it would pay for itself and complicating GOP efforts to win over lawmakers including Senator Corker.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Joint Committee On Taxation
Trump
Bob Corker
R-Tenn
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