UI Eyes Second New Residence Hall to Match Growth
The University of Iowa plans a second large dorm to accommodate thousands more state students and avoid loss of funding. A $53 million west campus hall for 501 residents opens fall 2015, with a proposed 700-bed east side hall near the North Campus Parking Ramp behind Burge Hall along the Iowa River.
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University of Iowa
Tom Rocklin
Board of Regents
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Rocklin
Sara Ramirez
Iowa City
Johnson County sales tax debate in focus
Iowa residents and officials hold mixed views as a planned sales tax vote approaches. The debate centers on potential revenue use and impact on local shoppers and services within Johnson County.
Palisades Cafe Owner Builds Culinary Career
Palisades cafe owner Rachel Sauter began in kitchens as a teen and works to bring familiar comfort to customers. Her long experience in eateries shaped a homey dining vibe at Business 380.
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Right At Home
Palisades Cafe
Rachel Sauter
Group floats Iowa Juvenile Home as refuge for unaccompanied children
A Cedar Rapids based coalition proposes reopening the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo to house unaccompanied immigrant children. No formal plan exists, but advocates press for discussion as statewide leaders weigh options amid rising child placements by federal agencies.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Toledo
Waterloo
U.S
Dave Nagle
The
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Chuck Grassley
Nagle
Jack Hatch
Robert Ray
Hatch
Branstad
Bipartisan VA Health Care Reform Bills Unveiled
U S Senate VA Committee Chair Bernie Sanders and House VA Committee Chairman Jeff Miller announce bipartisan legislation to tackle problems in the VA health care system amid ongoing oversight and reforms.
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Reuters
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VA Committee
Bernie Sanders
House
Jeff Miller
Bipartisan VA funding deal aims to cut hospital wait times
Congress leaders from the VA committees announce a roughly 17 billion dollar funding package to shorten long waits at VA medical centers. Senators Sanders and Miller say the compromise sits midway between prior proposals as investigations into wait time data and a resignation shake up the agency.
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Veterans Affairs Committees
U.S
Congress
Bernie Sanders
I-Vt
Jeff Miller
R-Fla
Eric Shinseki
Phoenix
Senate
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Linn sergeants vote on forming bargaining unit with IBEW
Twenty one Linn County Sheriff sergeants will vote on joining a sergeants only bargaining unit and seek representation by IBEW Local 204 Cedar Rapids. The move ends a 1990 arrangement that kept sergeants out of union ranks as part of management. Attorney Nate Willems says IBEW Local 204 has backing from a state administrative law judge recognizing the sergeants as a union.
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Linn County Sheriff's Office
Linn
Sheriff's Office
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 204
Nate Willems
Ibew Local 204
Local 204
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