Iowa bill boosts starting teacher pay to 50000 in first year
Gov. Reynolds' House Study Bill 542 would raise beginning teacher pay to 50000 and cap senior pay at 62000, with first year costs projected at 96 million. The proposal aims to attract teachers amid a nationwide shortage and affects area education agencies by restricting services beyond special education.
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Iowa
Kim Reynolds
Darius
Ballard
Cedar Rapids Community
Aeas
Iowa Nice in Snowbound Flight Delay Saga
Josh Figg and Bryant Duffy, stranded at The Eastern Iowa Airport, battled 3 feet of snow after returning from Kauai and Oahu. They lacked a shovel, using a long-handled ice scraper and a brush to free their SUV amid single digit cold.
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Adam Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Hawaii
Josh Figg
Bryant Duffy
Figg
North Liberty
Duffy
Kauai
Oahu
Winter weather relief as plow crews aid stranded motorists
Duffy and Figg credit airport plow drivers for helping dig out their SUV amid a cold snap. The plows cleared snow from behind the vehicle and then assisted another motorist whose battery died, highlighting a cooperative response during the storm.
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Duffy
Figg
GOP push to bar local bans on conversion therapy
Iowa Senate Republicans pursue a bill to bar cities and counties from banning conversion therapy amid local bans in Linn County Davenport and Waterloo. Proponents call bans unconstitutional while opponents argue against eroding protections for LGBTQ youth.
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Linn County
Davenport
Waterloo
Sandy Salmon
Janesville
Herman Quirmbach
Ames
Capitol
Samantha Fett
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Moms For Liberty
Iowa House
Fett
Chuck Hurley
the Family Leader
Iowa
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