Iowa Lawmakers Face Billion-Dollar School Aid Debate
Iowa legislators approach a new school aid formula for about 1 billion dollars in annual education funding. Bipartisan tensions between urban and rural areas, big and small districts, and consolidation advocates are expected to shape the 1989 General Assembly. Gov Branstad and Democratic leaders outline priorities as they prepare for a season of clashes over education and road tax funds.
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Iowa
Brotherhood
General Assembly
Des Moines
73Rd General Assembly
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
the Gazette
Iowa schools weigh funding plan amid urban rural divide
Public school groups in Iowa await a funding plan amid split views on an urban network and rural districts. Interim deadlock leaves two proposals in play while Gov Branstad eyes the Education Department draft. Major districts and teacher associations seek common ground before legislative action.
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
Terry Branstad
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Iowa City
Rural Schools of Iowa Inc
Iowa riverboat gambling backers push third try
Backers of riverboat gambling plan a third attempt in Iowa to legalize floating casinos on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and inland lakes. The issue faces strong opposition from northwest lawmakers and rivals to limit boats, with debated expansion and local voter approval proposed.
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Des Moines
Iowa Lottery
House
Mississippi
Missouri
Senate
Jack Rife
Moscow
Tom Fey
D Davenport
Fey
Coralville
Saylorville
Rathbun
Red Rock
Iowa
Iowa Great Lakes
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Josephine Gruhn
Dspirit Lake
Inaugural Essay Wins Hoover Contest for C R Student
Iffany Schirm, a Kennedy High School junior, won the Hoover Presidential Library Association inaugural essay contest with a speech imagining her oath as president. She beat 14 entries from Linn, Johnson, Jones, and Washington counties and will attend the inauguration with her mother, courtesy of The Gazette KCRG Foundation.
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Nancy Stevens
Gazette
Iffany Schirm
Kennedy High School
Hoover Presidential Library Association
Tiffany
George Bush
The
Linn
Johnson, Jones
Washington
Nancy
Sen
Charles Grassley
Gazette-Kcrg Foundation
Tiffany Schirm
Rod Kervin
First female U S president speaks of freedom dawn and unity
Tiffany Schirm delivers a winning speech for the Hoover Presidential Library Association essay contest. She frames America’s new day as led by a woman, urges protecting freedom, and rejects viewing others as enemies while calling for open minds and evolving solutions.
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America
Shuttle creates own atmosphere around space vehicle
University of Iowa researchers say water released from shuttles forms a thin cloud about 10 miles in diameter, extending with the craft and affecting infrared observations. The cloud, traced via PDP data from 1982 and 1985, may reach 100 miles as a plasma tail after mixing with the ionosphere.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Bill Paterson
Paterson
Earth
Shuttle
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Avenson
C.R
John F. Kennedy
John McIvor
Space’Shuttle
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