Free half mile steel bridge offered from Illinois to Sabula
Illinois transportation officials plan to give away a 1932 steel truss bridge spanning the Mississippi between Sabula Iowa and Savanna Illinois. The offer targets government or nonprofit groups willing to preserve it in perpetuity at a approved new site. Moving costs covered up to demolition price and bridge must be relocated within 30 days of the new span opening.
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Iowa Senate seeks 4 percent education funding boost for 2015
Democrats push a 4 percent increase in state aid for K-12 schools for fiscal 2015. Senate figures estimate $114 million for base growth plus $15 million for categorical funding and about $38 million to offset local property tax triggers, with a possible total near $135 million. House advances Branstad reform package while budget deadlines loom.
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Cedar Rapids man pleads guilty to hoax about hepatitis carrier
Luke Truesdell, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty to two counts for falsely telling FDA investigators he was a hepatitis B carrier who bled into batches of a product made by his former employer. He faced up to 10 years and a $500 000 fine after prosecutors dropped the remaining counts.
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Education reform expansion raises concerns in Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate Democrats balk at a 14 million expansion in Gov Branstads education reform plan to add 19 full time staff at the Department of Education. The bill funds online learning marketing outreach a new diploma seal program and educator development system with five more positions for teacher ladder and salary provisions. Senator Bob Dvorsky calls it a power grab while department liaison Mike Cormack defends the expanded scope as appropriate for the multiyear initiative.
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