Center for School Mental Health to receive Iowa boost
Iowa Department of Education will allocate 20 million dollars in federal relief funds to the University of Iowa based Center for School Mental Health. The center will expand the Baker Teacher Leader Center’s resources, provide training and needs assessments, and support K 12 schools statewide through 2021 22 and beyond.
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Iowa vaccine progress steady with half of adults fully inoculated
State health data show 52 percent of Iowans age 12 and up are fully vaccinated, about 1,410,159 people. County age breakdowns below 12 are not yet available. Linn County reports 64 percent and Johnson County 69 percent fully vaccinated for those 16 and older.
Iowa Catholic Church Abuse Report Details Decades of Cover Up
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller released a report citing 50 abuse complaints across clergy and church affiliates. It states a long history of abuse and cover up, with 36 priests or brothers named, and 17 victims coming forward who had not reported before.
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Homan to retire as Iowa AFSCME council president
Danny Homan, leader of Iowa's largest public employee union AFSCME Council 61, will end his 16 year tenure next month. He announced retirement at term end with a new president to be elected at the July 24 convention after a 2017 vote on public-sector union limits.
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Witnesses in fatal shooting trial see drug sentences cut
Two Cedar Rapids witnesses from the April trial of an Ely man who killed a Marion man in 2014 had sentences shortened on separate drug convictions. Martin Lawrence and Timo thy Sprous had amended terms for meth distribution, with one case noting concealed drugs in stuffed animals in sealed U S District Court documents.
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