Cedar Rapids paraeducators get 17 cent raise in fall
Cedar Rapids Community School District will raise paraeducator pay by 17 cents an hour this fall the smallest rise in over a decade. Officials say para staff are scarce and hard to retain with pay. Randy Bekeris notes many quality paras leave for better pay. The district uses State Supplemental Aid and enrollment to set pay, with a 2020 hiring freeze cited as context.
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UI Scientist Leads VIPER Satellite Research Mission
NASA Wallops launched a VIPER sounding rocket May 26 from Virginia to study radio waves in the ionosphere. The UI instrument joined other devices on the 9:15 p.m. flight, rising about 100 miles and splashing into the Atlantic within minutes, returning data for basic physics of wave propagation.
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States push GOP led voting limits ahead of 2022 midterms
Republican lawmakers in 48 states have introduced hundreds of bills to tighten voting access, echoing unfounded claims of 2020 fraud. Brennan Center data shows 253 bills by Feb 19 rising to at least 389 by May 14. Fourteen states enacted new limits and many target mail voting and early voting.
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