Sales tax plan faces strong opposition in Corridor counties
Linn and Johnson counties would become donors to a statewide school funding pool under proposals to raise the sales tax to 6 percent. Corridor lawmakers, led by Sen. Bob Dvorsky and Rep. Rob Hogg, argued the move favors urban districts and shifts funding unfairly away from local option taxes. They warned Linn and Johnson could be paying the bill for others for years, while Polk County would wait for its local option tax to expire.
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Linn
Johnson Counties
Johnson
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Dcoralville
League of Women Voters
Mercy Medical Center
Iowa
Mary Lundby
R-Marion
Polk
Rob Hogg
Kraig Paulsen
Hiawatha
Bat
Dvorsky
Linn County
Johnson County
Paulsen
Iowa City
Coralville
Lundby
Students vie for spots at international science fair
More than 200 junior high and high school students from 38 counties competed at the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair held at Lindale Mall. Judges awarded scholarships up to 1500 dollars and two seniors and two juniors earned spots to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis.
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Suane Crock
the Gazette
Elise Gregg
Holy Trinity Middle School
Fort Madison
Jennifer Serra
Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
Serra
Cargill
Angela Meng
Gazette
Iowa
Jeff Kuehl
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Indianapolis
Memorial for Adam Gorman inspires nationwide photo tribute
Laminated photos of Adam Gorman a 26 year old soccer player who died of brain cancer in 2005 travel nationwide as family friends and teammates keep his spirit alive. His mother Denise Houlahan organized the project received hundreds of pictures for a memorial album and a corresponding memorial scholarship funded by a past fundraiser. A second memorial auction is planned with NIU coach Steve Simmons as speaker to benefit the Adam Gorman Memorial Scholarship Fund in the metro area.
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Adam Gorman
Gorman
Denise Houlahan
Cedar Rapids
Adam
Gordo
Houlahan
Breckinridge
Washington High School
Metro
Steve Simmons
Northern Illinois University
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