Conservative think tank urges Iowa to rework higher education
Neetu Arnold of the Manhattan Institute urged Iowa lawmakers to use the code to cut or add university departments and target programs with negative returns. She cited rising administration spending, politicization on campuses, and declining ROI of a degree as reasons for “big picture changes” toward merit and excellence.
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New York
Iowa
Neetu Arnold
Manhattan
Taylor Collins
R-Mediapolis
the Gazette
General Assembly
Supervisors weigh 3 million jail repair plan
Johnson County Board of Supervisors consider a 3.3 million project to add a new roof replace the HVAC system and exterior doors improve drainage and stabilize the jail and sheriff's office brick exterior. Consultants say the work could be completed within a year and does not address space needs.
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OWA
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Sheriffs Office
Iowa City
Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
Jon Green
Board of Supervisors
Senate weighs distracted driving ban amid grieving families
Iowa lawmakers hear from law enforcement, advocates, and relatives of crash victims as they push to ban handheld device use while driving. Judith Collora describes the loss of her daughter nine days after her 30th birthday in 2023 when a driver texting at a red light collided with another vehicle, sparking calls to pass the bill to save lives.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Collora
Kristina Pearson
Christopher Brown
Pearson
Brown
Boyrum Street
Iowa City
Drake Brezina
Highway 6
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