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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 2015
Page
1
Trainers and fans flock to Cedar Rapids for the Midwest Classic Shetland Breeders Association Show as ponies draw attention. The paper notes a heat wave causing over 2,200 deaths, hitting the poor and elderly hardest.
The legal authority for NSA bulk call records collection expired at midnight as Senate Republicans failed to pass a House bill to extend or transition away from the program. The 77 to 17 vote to proceed came after a Sunday session that did not avert the lapse, with Rand Paul blocking an extension.
After decades of TIF funding in Iowa cities, officials prize the tool for growth while state lawmakers push for tighter rules amid ongoing disputes. With little 2015 legislative action, controversy persists from Coralville’s 2011 Von Maur deal to broader concerns about abuse and reporting.
A TIF uses rising property values to fund development within a designated area. Baseline values are set, then incremental tax revenues above that baseline fund projects like a hotel and convention center. The mechanism is a central tool in economic development, highlighted on PAGE 11A.
A Washington Post analysis by Emily Badger explains that reliance on means tested programs shifts over time. People move in and out of Medicaid and food stamps as employment, health, and income change, showing poverty as a dynamic condition rather than a fixed class.
The University of Iowa Board of Regents attracted seven firms for its president search. Parker Executive Search asked for a fixed $200,000 fee, higher than its charges for recent Iowa State and Northern Iowa presidential hunts. Three firms favored pay based on one third of candidate first-year cash compensation.
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