Students design part for nuclear plant at high school lab
Cedar Rapids students Col lin Steimer and Max McChesney 17 finish junior year and test a relay block part used at NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo. The project links classroom work to real plant maintenance and safety testing overseen by Steimer’s father Kevin Steimer.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Collin Steimer
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Cedar Rapids
Max McChesney
Jefferson High School
Jefferson
Steimer
McChesney
NextEra Energy
Palo
Kevin
Duane Arnold
Iowa lawmakers move toward adjournment with budget deals
Des Moines Iowa legislators advanced major pieces of the fiscal 2016 budget including health and human services higher education and justice system spending. The $1.839 billion health and human services bill preserves operation of the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute and restores staffing while ending phased shut down at Clarinda with a private facility option.
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Iowa
House
Kraig Paulsen
Hiawatha
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Mental Health Institute
Clarinda
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Common application plan for Iowa public universities costs 290000
The Iowa Board of Regents endorses a common application portal for the state's public universities. Initial development includes 90000 from November to June and 200000 for the first year of rollout, with annual costs around 100000. The system targets direct high school applicants for fall 2016 admission.
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Iowa City
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Board of Regents
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Health care subsidies at risk if Supreme Court blocks Obama program
Federal figures show 10.2 million enrolled with 6.4 million receiving subsidies for private plans through healthcare.gov in 34 states. If the Supreme Court rules against the administration, those subsidies totaling about 1.7 billion dollars monthly would be lost, including more than 45,000 in Iowa.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Centers For Medicare
Healthcare.gov
Iowa
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