College Community backs 10-year local option tax
The College Community school board approved resolutions in Linn and Johnson counties backing a 1 percent 10-year local option sales tax on ballots. About 700 of 4000 students are in Johnson County, with most others in Linn County. Revenues would total roughly $3 million yearly for five years from each county, then about $1.9 million yearly, with remaining funds pooled statewide.
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College Community School Board
Linn
Johnson
Johnson County
Linn County
College Community
Dick Whitehead
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Linn-Mar Plans August Bids for Two New Elementary Schools
Linn-Mar school board heard bids for Linn Grove and Echo Hill elementary schools will open August 1 as a joint project. Site work at Linn Grove has begun. The board approved a 4.88 percent raise in salaries and benefits for 28 administrators next year, slightly below the 5.2 percent teachers receive.
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Linn-Mar
Steve Emerson
Linn Grove
Echo Hill
Iowa City menopause study seeks women experiences and treatments
The University of Iowa invites women with menopausal symptoms who are considering or have decided on symptom management in the last six to twelve months to participate. The study aims to better understand women's menopause experiences and available treatments. Contact Life with Menopause at 819 335 0594 or menopause-study uiowa.edu.
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University of Iowa
Uiowa
Edu
Influenza vaccine study invites healthy adults at University Hospitals Iowa City
Adults aged 18 to 64 in good health are invited to join a University Hospitals Iowa City influenza vaccine study. The trial tests several vaccine formulations for effectiveness safety and tolerability to aid FDA licensing decisions. Call 319 384 7245 or 319 384 9569 weekdays 8 am to 5 pm.
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University Hospitals
Iowa City
Food and Drug Administration
United States
Australia
Great Britain
Iowa DNR seeks broader power to curb large livestock confinements
A Iowa Environmental Protection Commission vote 5-2 approved changing rules to give DNR Director Jeff Vonk more discretion in denying livestock confinement construction permits. The change aims to address record highs in factory farm construction, allowing stricter manure plan requirements when current environmental protections are insufficient. Vonk pledges measured use based on thorough technical evaluation.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Jeff Vonk
Vonk
Regents consider university surcharge today
The Board of Regents will weigh a $200 energy surcharge for next year to cover rising costs and fund faculty salaries at the UI ISU and UNI. The plan adds about 25 percent to campus mandatory fees and would raise tuition by 3.4 percent while funding a 1.5 percent faculty raise in 2007.
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Diane Heldt
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
State Board of Regents
Ames
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Gary Fethke
Fethke
ISU
UNI
Regents
Michael Hogan
Board of Regents
State of Iowa Gazette
Nussle Urges Streamlining to Send More Funds to Classrooms
Iowa gubernatorial candidate Jim Nussle says no new overall education money is promised but aims to make funding more predictable and push more of the education dollar to classrooms. He cites only 49 to 50 cents of every dollar reaching classrooms and outlines a plan to reduce bureaucracy, with stops in Iowa City and Des Moines to unveil higher education initiatives.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jim Nussle
Iowa
Nussle
U.S. House
Iowa City
Des Moines
Nussle to Outline Education Plan in Iowa City Speech
Jim Nussle will discuss his education plan today at 10 45 am on the west side of Old Capitol in Iowa City. He plans to outline key proposals and funding ideas for K 12 and higher education.
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Jim Nussle
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids debate over The Pajama Game origins and reader notes
In notes on theater history, readers recall The Pajama Game location in Cedar Rapids Iowa, not Ohio. The original novel 7 1/2 Cents placed the factory in Dubuque and adapted by George Abbott moved to Cedar Rapids. Also mentions The Pajama Game British title A Gross of Pyjamas and author Richard Bissell.
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Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Iowa
Richard Bissell
Dubuque
H.B. Glover Co
George Abbott
Bissell
University of Iowa
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