Iowa officials breathe easier as House approves temporary highway bill
The U S House passed a 10 8 billion extension to fund highways and transit through May 2015 averting insolvency risk to the Highway Trust Fund. Iowa DOT officials say the measure sustains road and bridge projects for the 2015 construction season but long term funding remains uncertain. Rep Bruce Braley notes the plan buys time while a longer solution is sought.
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U.S. House of Representatives
House
Stuart Anderson
Iowa Department of Transportation
U.S. House
Associated Press
Senate
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Federal Transportation
Ment
Iowa Dot
Congress
1St Congressional District
Bruce Braley
Waterloo
Anderson
Witness recalls fatal Cedar Rapids car shooting
Latasha Roundtree friends Haley McConnell and Neil Clark testified as Tash Ross faces first degree murder charges. McConnell described fleeing in fear after a man ran across the street and a gun shattered the car window. Prosecutors say Ross planned and fired the shot in September 2012.
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Cedar Rapids
Latasha Roundtree
Roundtree
Haley McConnell
Neil Clark
16Th Ave
McConnell
Tash Ross
Ross
Linn County
Nick Maybanks
Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Court testimony details self defense claim in shooting case
Gazette reporter tracks trial as McConnell describes driving toward Mercy Medical Center after gunshots at the party. She saw a shattered passenger window and Roundtree shot in the head, with later shots fired but no identified shooter. Witnesses discuss surveillance DVD and a handgun found nearby.
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Mercy Medical Center
Clark
Roundtree
Par
Todd Weimer
Whethe Roundtree
Kenneth Miller
Miller
Linn-Mar education chief Katie Mulholland to retire
Linn-Mar Superintendent Katie Mulholland will retire June 30 2015 after 12 years at Linn-Mar and 40 years in education The district plans a major high school renovation financed by up to 30 million in bonds to repurpose space and create a 21st century learning center with new entrances a lecture hall student store and student career meeting center.
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Linn- Mar
Katie Mulholland
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Linn-Mar
Tina Patterson
State Board of Regents
United Way of East Cental
Iowa
Patterson
DLR Group
Des Moines
Eric Beron
DLR
Beron
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