Iowa Capitol Briefs Highlight Budget Strains and Pay Goals
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller warns against further general fund cuts as his office faces a 10 percent vacancy rate and about 7.7 million in funding. Iowa Legal Aid seeks 2.8 million for FY2011 amid a 145 percent rise in foreclosure and other civil case requests. Governor Culver touts progress in teacher pay toward the national average while the Corrections Department contemplates retiree and hiring shifts. An audit of the Transportation Enhancement Program flags inconsistencies in funding verification and in kind matches.
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Attorney General
Iowa
Tom Miller
Miller
Iowa Legal Aid
Dennis Groenenboom
Chet Culver
Culver
Judy Jeffrey
State Department of Education
State Department of Corrections
John Baldwin
Baldwin
Justices Systems Budget Subcommittee
Transportation Enhancement Program
Iowa Department of Transportation
David Vaudt
Lowa
Federal grants boost Iowa projects across education and fire safety
Eastern Iowa receives multiple federal grants. The University of Iowa gains 219,283 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute for a short-term training project. Cornell College secures 270,769 from the NSF for a tropical diversity phylogenetic study. Fire departments in Bellevue, Anamosa, Farmersburg, Delaware, Hiawatha, Cascade, Hopkinton, LaMotte and Bernard receive FEMA funds for equipment, safety programs, and training with varying grant amounts.
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University of Iowa
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Cornell College
National Science Foundation
RAI
Bellevue
Anamosa
Farmersburg
Delaware
Hiawatha
Cascade
Hopkinton
LaMotte
Bernard
Storm Water Grants Fund Iowa Urban Runoff Projects
Eastern Iowa received grants from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and JOBS Green Urban Stormwater program to fund urban runoff reduction. Local match totals nearly seven million dollars and projects span Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Decorah Dyersville North Liberty and West Union with basins green roofs pervious paving rain gardens rain gardens and bioretention cells.
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources and
JOBS
Belle Plaine
Water Tower Place Owners Association
Cedar Rapids
Czech Village
Luther College
Decorah
Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority
Dyersville
North Liberty
West Union
Timeline of notable historical firsts and events
Compiled list of milestones from 1846 to 2009 including Sarah Bagley’s telegraphy milestone in Lowell, Lucy Hobbs graduation, Verdun opening, the New Yorker debut, Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination, Nixon’s China trip, Flight 114 downing, Milli Vanilli controversy, Yamaguchi gold at Albertville, Fossett solo Pacific flight, Nader Green Party bid, Bush NATO summit prompts, and Clinton Pelosi talks with Karzai.
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Sarah G. Bagley
Lowell
Mass
Lucy B. Hobbs
Ohio College of Dental Surgery
Cincinnati
Washington Monument
Verdun
France
The
New Yorker Magazine
Malcolm X
Audubon Ballroom
New York
Nation of Islam
Richard M. Nixon
China
Pat
Beijing
Libyan Arab Airlines
Sinai Desert
Milli Vanilli
Los Angeles
Rob Pilatus
Fab Morgan
Chicago
Steve Fossett
Pacific Ocean
Leader
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ralph Nader
Green Party
George W. Bush
Belgium
NATO
Russia
Mideast
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Maldives
Israel
Asia
U.S
Hillary Clinton
House
Nancy Pelosi
Hamid Karzai
Kabul
Afghanistan
Potential Historic Preservation Projects in Cedar Rapids
A list of proposed 2008 flood preservation projects discussed by FEMA at Cedar Rapids meetings outlines moving salvaging and rehabbing flooded properties. It cites specific sites including Wondracek houses Czech Village White Elephant Roundhouse Sokol Hall St James United Methodist Church and several NRHP eligible properties with adaptive reuse or exterior grant plans. Residents may submit additional ideas to the Iowa Recovery Center.
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Ysiarek
the Gazette
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Wells Fargo Bank
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Veterans Memorial Building
FEMA
Iowa Recovery Center
120Th St
Urbandale
Iowa
Fema-Ircehp
Dhs
Wondracek
Third Street
Czech Village
St. Wenceslaus
White Elephant
Third St
Bohemian Commercial Historic District
Sokol
St. James United Methodist Church
Sinclair
Metro School
Sinclair @ Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Wells Fargo
Louis Sullivan Bank
Coventry Gardens
Gringos
E Avenue
Fifth St
Great America Furniture Mart
National Register
ITC
P. Hach
Second Street SE
Sokol Organization
Sokol Hall
Preservation Incentives and Historic Districts Overview
Donovan Rypkema speaks on National Register designations for commercial and residential districts and their economic benefits. The program covers window repair, river walk memorials, housing stock guides, restoration standards, and public displays of architectural plans from the H. C collection in a monthly newsletter.
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H. C's
Donovan Rypkema
Preservation Monthly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capitol Briefs
Des Moines
Fire Departments
Kristi Yamaguchi
United States
Albertville
Midori Ito
Japan
Nancy Kerrigan
Associated Press
C.R
Smid Hardware
14Th Ave
Martinek & Sons Hardware
15Th Ave
Lesinger
Ose
Kcrg-Tv9
Chris Earl
Beth
Lo m
Delelaal
Bruce
John
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