Branstad Pushes Quiet Budget Strategy Amid Talks
Governor Terry Branstad defends a hands off approach to budget negotiations saying leadership lies in guiding the public and delegating to trusted aides Jeff Boeyink and David Roederer. Critics like Sen. Bob Dvorsky urge personal involvement as talks stretch weeks. Branstad argues micromanagement would fail in a large state government.
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Coralville
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R-Hiawatha
Lawmakers' week echoes last overtime in Iowa
Iowa General Assembly enters its seventh week of overtime with Gov Branstad continuing a 43 city tour and lawmakers eyeing budget talks. Senate Democrats hold a 10 am budget hearing on property taxes while House Republicans back an omnibus budget bill. Leaders report progress but no deal yet. Branstad remains cautiously optimistic that a tax reform agreement will be included in any final package.
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Des Moines
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Hiawatha
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Senate
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Council Bluffs
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Iowa explores flaws in bullying data and law
Education officials and researchers debate how bullying is defined and reported in Iowa. They note data collection hurdles, compare state laws, and highlight a $2.6 million federal grant to expand staff training and awareness for safer schools.
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Ichae Wiser
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Mason City teen helps spark first GSA amid rising harassment
Tremmel, a Mason City High School junior now at UNI, rewrote a class speech to rebut a student who called being gay “inexcusable.” His move helped form the school’s first Gay-Straight Alliance, as Iowa records show a 60 percent rise in orientation-based bullying since 2007, with numbers climbing from 2008-09 to 2009-10.
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