Iowa lawmakers condemn Davenport secret settlement deals
Iowa lawmakers condemned Davenport for handling public records after a hearing on the city approving nearly 2 million in settlements in 2023 without a public vote. The scrutiny centered on a 1.6 million payout to former City Administrator Corri Spiegel and related legal disputes over records requests.
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Iowa House Government Oversight Committee
Davenport
Corri Spiegel
Brooke Boden
Indianola
Iowa
Spiegel
Quad City
Allen Diercks
David Ezra Sidran
Randy Evans
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Evans
Diercks
Sidran
Mike Meloy
Rob Sand
Gary Mohr
Bettendorf
Mohr
Boden
The
Capitol
Caleb McCullough
Gazette- Lee Des
UI graduate workers push to end mandatory fees
Iowa City protest and petition by Campaign to Organize Graduate Students demand elimination of mandatory fees for graduate teaching and research assistants. University replies cite financial constraints and reference half tuition scholarships plus full in state tuition coverage. COGS accuses the university of misrepresenting wages and burden on workers with low pay despite endowment support.
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University of Iowa
Barbara Wilson
COGS
Pentacrest
Iowa
Cary Stough
Iowa Memorial Union
UI College of Business
Johnson County
Big Ten
Gazette
The
Big Ten Academic Alliance
Midwest
Nicole Yeager
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