Culver Bets $70 Million for Teacher Pay and Health Plan
Iowa Governor Culver unveiled a $70 million teacher pay boost and a broad health care package funded by a tobacco tax increase. The plan includes $12.5 million for a regenerative medicine center at the University of Iowa, coverage for 50 000 uninsured kids, and extended mental health and adult coverage near poverty line. Senate leaders questioned funding, while Culver pressed for a full dollar tobacco tax hike and tax relief for small businesses.
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Lundby
Rotary Club
Iowa
Statewide alert system links firms to rapid messages
Phil Fordyce explains a new alert network linking six centers with private businesses in agriculture finance and more. After background checks, emails and cell numbers are added, and alerts reach bankers via secure online access. The system costs 5 000 to 10 000 to implement but is free to sign up.
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Phil Fordyce
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Highway 100 Beltway study weighs five route options
The draft DOT report for Highway 100 extension to preserve Rock Island State Preserve warns of harm to habitat including the byssus skipper butterfly. Five alignment alternatives are analyzed with public comment invited by Feb 23. conservation leaders pledge to monitor choices and push for biodiversity protection.
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Rock Island State Preserve
DOT
John Morris
Morris
James, P. Rost
Iowa Department of Transportation
Lincoln Way
Ames
Jim.rost
Iowa.gov
Oklahoma's Lau ren Nelson Crowned Miss America
Lau ren Nelson of Lawton Oklahoma won Miss America in Las Vegas marking the second straight Oklahoma winner. Nelson, 20, a University of Central Oklahoma student, plans a master’s in musical theater and aims to promote child protection online. Shiloh Phillips Miss Texas was first runner up and Amanda Ozak Miss Georgia was second runner up. Melinda Toole Miss Alabama won Miss Congeniality. Hosted by Mario Lopez the pageant featured reality TV twists on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Lauren Nelson
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Lawton, Ohia
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Shiloh Phillips
Texas
Georgia
Amanda Ozak
Melinda Toole
Jennifer Berry
Las Vegas Strip
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