Solon district to open new intermediate school amid funding strain
Solon prepares August opening for a new fourth and fifth grade campus funded by SAVE while Superintendent Davis Eidahl warns one percent K-12 aid would not cover staff needs. He says the district cannot hire librarians nurses or counselors and would rely on minimal essential positions. Cedar Rapids area districts echo cost pressures as districts finalize budgets by April 15 in a funding plan that misses a deadline but may return for action.
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Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Iowa City
Steve Marley
Iowa
Liberty High
Solon
Davis Eidahl
Eidahl
Cedar Rapids-Iown City
SAVE
Bidahl
White House defends handling of Porter abuse allegations
White House officials said President Trump has full confidence in Chief of Staff John Kelly and defended the handling of domestic violence allegations against Porter. They hedged on when superiors knew specifics, amid scrutiny of Kelly’s role and Hicks’s involvement, as Porter resigned after ex wives’ accounts surfaced.
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Washington
White House
Rob Porter
Marc Short
Mick Mulvaney
Kellyanne Conway
Trump
John Kelly
Porter
FBI
Kelly
Conway
ABC
Hope Hicks
Hicks
Short
Bill takes on rules over campus free speech
Vanessa Miller reports from Iowa City on a Republican proposal shaping free speech rules for public universities and community colleges in response to a high profile discrimination and First Amendment suit by Business Leaders in Christ BLinC. The nine page bill addresses belief based student groups and university liability amid national debates and a US Supreme Court case.
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Bill
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Senate Education Committee
Business Leaders In Christ
Tippie College of Business
U.S. Supreme Court
Blinc — Ar
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