Iowa GOP budget plan targets university and human services cuts
House Speaker Brent Siegrist says the state faces negative growth and no new revenue. The GOP plan seeks nearly 8.7 million in cuts to regent universities and human services while shielding K 12 schools prisons Medicaid payments property tax reimbursements and the Iowa Veterans Home. Governor Vilsack questions the plan saying it could jeopardize public safety and warns of possible layoffs. Republicans expect a Veto clash but plan to move deappropriations to his desk.
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Tuition hikes loom as GOP提 cuts hit Iowa universities
GOP leaders propose about 40 million dollars in state budget cuts affecting the three public universities UI ISU and UNI as well as community colleges. UI would lose 3.95 million ISU 3.3 million UNI about 1 million and community colleges 1.7 million. Regents officials warn tuition increases will pressure access and raise four year graduation costs.
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Tipton Baby Undergoes Bloodless Liver Transplant
Aiden Rush, a Tipton infant with biliary atresia, received a bloodless liver transplant at USC and Children’s Hospital after his grandmother donated part of her liver. Surgeons used blood saving techniques to avoid transfusions, recycling blood from the incision. The family traveled from Tipton to Los Angeles for the operation and report the baby is now behaving like a normal child.
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Chelsea teen Plum appears in Tama County courtroom
A 17 year old Chelsea girl identified as Plum enters and leaves a courtroom cubbyhole with plain attire as family members abstain from comment. Since her arrest on February 16 she has been at a secure medical facility awaiting further evaluation with attorney Maggie Moss expected to represent her in future hearings.
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Des Moines
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