Cedar Rapids school board weighs 8.5 million facilities levy plan
Cedar Rapids faces aging facilities with 30 plus buildings showing deferred maintenance. An $8.5 million enhanced 10 year plan targets roofs lighting and HVAC upgrades. Board members Benson and Laverty support a levy increase though funding remains tight. Potential bond referendum may be considered in strategic planning.
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Tammy Carter
Carter
Benson
John Laverty
Cedar Rapids
Laverty
Board of Education
Highway 100
Tower Terrace Road
Cyberattacks push small businesses to cancel and reissue cards
Attacks rise 31 percent for firms under 250 as cybercriminals target smaller partners to reach larger networks. Raley's faced a security breach affecting customer card data. PCI standards require firewalls and data minimization. Experts urge steps from changing default passwords to monitoring card readers, with card cancellation as a last resort.
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Symantec
Sacramento
Calif
Brian Burch
Raley’s
Raley
John Segale
FBI
Hardy
New Jersey
Payment Card Industry
Iowa faces potential ripple effects from Supreme Court ruling
Civil rights groups warn the Shelby County decision may indirectly affect Iowa. Diversity Focus and the ACLU Iowa stress vigilance against voting discrimination and district manipulation, while Obama urges Congress to renew the Voting Rights Act. Secretary of State notes Iowa not subject to the struck section.
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Chad Simmons
Cedar Rapids
Barack Obama
Congress
Obama
Shelby County
South
Iowa
Matt Schultz
Schultz
Chad Olsen
Naacp National
Charles White
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Ala
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