P G Expansion Prompts Move for Iowa City Resident
Anne Marie Kraus, a 71 year old retiree on Iowa City’s southeast side, fears fumes from Procter & Gamble plants nearby as the company contemplates expansion. She cites headaches and nausea and weighs relocating from a home she has lived in for 40 years.
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Anne Marie Kraus
Procter & Gamble
Lower Muscatine Rd
Iowa City
Kraus
Kirkwood Community College
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Owa City
P&G’s
the College
Iowa City Council
Cedar Rapids Launches ROOTs Program for 76 Affordable Homes
Low to moderate income households affected by the 2020 derecho can apply starting today to buy one of 76 soon to be built single family homes around Cedar Rapids. The city uses 15 million in HUD disaster recovery funds through the ROOTs program to provide disaster resilient homes across the city.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Iowa Economic Development Authority
Linn County
Edgewood Forest
the Gazette
New House bill preserves AEAs as sole special ed providers
House Republicans propose to keep area education agencies as the only providers of special education support for Iowa school districts, while altering funding and other services. The measure serves as an alternative to Gov. Reynolds’ overhaul plan, with the Senate expected to advance the governor’s proposal amid amendments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House Republicans
Kim Reynolds
House
Reynolds
Iowa Senate
Senate
Overhaul of Iowa boards and commissions advances
Iowa lawmakers moved two reform plans to reshape state boards. Governor Reynolds proposed a sweeping cut and consolidation reducing 111 boards, leaving 145. A Senate panel backed Senate Study Bill 3172 on a party line vote.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kim Reynolds
Reynolds
Senate
House
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