First grader Nico Plum Cuba Receives Dental Checkup
On Wednesday Lucas Elementary School first grader Nico Plum Cuba had his teeth examined by Dr. Art Nowak from the US Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Pediatrics.
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Lucas
Nico Plum
Cuba
Art Nowak
Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatrics
Matt Geneser
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Claudia Lusala
Idiatou Diallo
Eileen Hermiston
Lucas Elementary
Iowa City
MidWestOne Bank
US College of Dentistry and Community Dentists
Regents under fire as lawmakers weigh political activity limits
Iowa lawmakers grill the Board of Regents over policies for three state universities with supporters urging openness and removal of political influence while opponents warn of free speech limits and power grabs. Debate centers on a bill to curb political activity by regents and staff, require public hearings, and add faculty representation, with questions about constitutional limits and bargaining conflicts.
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Des Moines
State Board of Regents
Iowa
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
CCI
Terry Branstad
Bruce Rastetter
Craig Lang
Regents
Rastetter
Regent Board
General Assembly
Regent
Board of Regents
Ross Grooters
Pleasant Hill
Keith Saunders
Jeff Danielson
Waterloo
Senate State Government Committee
Catholic bishops push education grant for school choice in Iowa
Iowa Catholic Conference officials urge lawmakers to consider a state funded education grant of up to 4000 dollars per pupil to aid families choosing public private or home schooling. The plan was offered as an amendment to an education reform bill but withdrawn. Bishops and the executive director toured the Statehouse to press voucher ideas and related issues.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Catholic Church
Tom Chapman
The
Iowa Catholic Conference
Dubuque
Jerome Hanus
Martin Amos
Davenport
R. Walker Nickless
Sioux City
Richard Pates
Statehouse
Amos
Chapman
Indiana
Capitol Digest Roundup of Iowa Statehouse Items
State lawmakers leave the capitol early ahead of a snowstorm with limited activity planned. A proposal to lift the 10 horsepower limit on Lake Macbride boats advances to a full committee but likely faces hurdles. A House panel chair reverses on pregnant inmate shackling guidelines while debate continues. Freshman Rep. Kaufmann seeks protections for landowners against condemnations in historic registry cases amid Natural Resources concerns. Gazette Des Moines Bureau
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Iowa Senate
Iowa House
Macbride
Senate Natural Resources
Lake Macbride
Johnson County
Memorial Day
Labor Day
House
Human Services
Linda Miller
R-Bettendorf
Department of Corrections
Janet Peterson
D-Des Moines
Bobby Kaufmann
R-Wilton
Kaufmann
Department of Natural Resources
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