Students pitch ideas to improve airport gate experience
Grace King reports Delta Air Lines asked students for ideas to enhance the Eastern Iowa Airport passenger experience. Finalists presented thoroughly researched proposals, with more comfortable seating among the winning concepts. The project, 3DE, runs in College Community and Alburnett districts this year.
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Edar Rapids
Delta Air Lines
Iowa
College Community
Alburnett
Marty Lewis
Cedar Rapids
Tiffany O’donnell
Junior Achievement USA
Jack Harris
Reynolds signs law restricting phones in classrooms
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs House File 782, mandating school districts to adopt policies restricting cellphone use during instructional time. The plan, backed by model policies from the Department of Education, aims to reduce distractions and cyberbullying while districts may enact stricter rules. Existing policies across Ottumwa, Ankeny, Hoover High, and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows are cited as examples.
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Iowa
Kim Reynolds
House
State Department of Education
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Ottumwa
Ankeny
Hoover High School
Hoover
Clarion- Goldfield-Dows
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Tawana Grover
The
Gazette
Ramirez wins vacant Iowa House seat in District 78 runoff
Democrat Angel Ramirez won the District 78 special election in Cedar Rapids, obtaining 2,742 votes or 79 percent to defeat Republican Bernie Hayes. The first Latina elected to the Iowa House will serve the remainder of Sami Scheetz’s term, keeping Democrats in the minority. Ramirez’s background includes advocacy work and leadership in Our Future and Advocates for Social Justice.
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Angel Ramirez
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Sami Scheetz
Bernie Hayes
Scheetz
Iowa House
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Our Future
Equity
Advocates For Social Justice
Kids First Law
McKinley Steam Academy
Iowa
Elizabeth Wood
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