Poll shows lukewarm support for Cedar Rapids school bond
A Cedar Rapids poll commissioned by the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance finds 55 percent of area residents likely or definitely voting for the proposed 211 million bond to support Cedar Rapids Community School District operations, up from 38 percent in the previous referendum. The district’s own survey ran in late February.
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Iowa lawmakers push changes to recount rules and voting access
Des Moines reports Iowa House Republicans advance two elections bills on recount procedures voter registration and citizenship major party status and more negotiations with Senate Secretary of State Paul Pate. The measures ban ranked choice voting and require maintenance of the voter rolls through eligibility checks by state officials.
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Iowa presses for block grant approach to education funds
Governors in Republican led states led by Iowa urge the Trump administration to cut strings on federal education aid by consolidating into a single block grant. Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds calls it an opportunity with broad implications while Oklahoma and Florida officials advocate exploring the approach as conservatives back Trump’s Education Department restructuring.
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