G R to hire search firms for next Cedar Rapids city manager
Cedar Rapids will hire from a pool of about 20 national and regional search firms to identify candidates for the city manager post. The Personnel Committee indicated a regional candidate pool may be unlikely, steering the search toward nonlocal options.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jim Prosser
Monica Vernon
Kelly Hayworth
Coralville
Mike van Milligen
Dubuque
Vernon
Conni Huber
Louisiana wetlands face peril as oil spill swells
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatens Louisiana wetlands as crews pump sand to shore up barriers. A deep sea robot and remote submarine attempt to slow the leak from the ruptured well while BP officials estimate continued eruption for weeks. Unemployed fishermen feel the blow from the disaster’s reach.
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Louisiana
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Elena Kagan Nominee to Supreme Court
Elena Kagan, Obama nominee to replace retiring Justice Stevens, age 50, born April 28 1960 in New York City. Harvard Law School alumna and former solicitor general. Confirmation hearings could occur in late June or early July with a vote by early August. if confirmed she would be the youngest justice and the third woman on the court. She has served in academia government and law firms with ties to Obama and Clinton administrations.
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Barack Obama
U.S. Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
New York City
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Princeton University
Princeton
N.J
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Oxford
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Cambridge
Mass
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Republicans vow thorough scrutiny of Kagan nomination
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior Judiciary Committee member, says the panel will question the nominee on constitutional role due to Kagan's lack of judicial experience, ensuring thorough evaluation before a Supreme Court seat.
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Chuck Grassley
Senate Judiciary Committee
State refugee bureau to shut down as funding ends
Cedar Rapids bureau of Refugee Services will close June 30 after funding expires. The agency, once the nation's only state certified by the State Department for refugee reset services, says a weak economy drove the closure. Tu Anh Ngo and Ro Ngo operate Anh’s Tailor Shop, reflecting Iowa’s early refugee arrivals aided by the bureau.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Anh
Tu-Anh Ngo
Ro Ngo
Ngo
Iowa
Bureau of Refugee Services
U.S. State Department
Ro Nge
Cedar Rapids
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Element Work
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Gazene
Vietnam
Polk County
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LIRS
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
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Iowa Bureau Gazette
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