Legislators consider budget targets amid revenue decline
Cedar Rapids Linn County lawmakers defend reduced spending targets of about 261 million while warning against over cutting. They expect a 64 million supplemental appropriation to partially backfill Culver cuts and draw at least 200 million from reserves. Education and reforms receive pushback and other revenue ideas are discussed.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Cedar Rapids - Linn County
Rob Hogg
Cedar Rapids
Hogg
Bob Dvorsky
Dcoralville
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chet Culver
Dvorsky
Wally Horn
Dcedar Rapids
E Horn
Kirsten Running-Marquardt
Ames. Lynch
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Mothers plan Walter Reed visit to support recovering soldiers
Two Iowa mothers Lori Shebetka and Michele Albert aim to return to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D C to visit soldiers still recovering. They seek donations of gift cards to help troops buy meals and share time with friends, hoping to collect by mid April for a May trip. Jonathon Schilling supports the effort and notes emotional recovery is hardest.
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KUHG
Toddville
Iowa
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington D.C
Lori Shebetka
Shueyville
Kain Schilling
Afghanistan
Shebetka
Michele Albert
Jonathon
Albert
Michele
Walter Reed
Lorishebetka
Yahoo.com
Cedar Rapids Volunteer Works on Linus Blankets at Marion Library
Erin Chalupa of Cedar Rapids cuts material for Project Linus at Marion Public Library on Saturday. This is her second year volunteering. her son Linus died years ago, prompting her family to join the charity in his memory.
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Erin Chalupa
Cedar Rapids
Linus
Marion Public Library
Chalupa
Tara
Olivia Davis
Oak Ridge Middle School
Marion
Lou Davis
Project Linus
Helen Kurth
Coggan
Kurth
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