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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 2015
Page
1
The National Transportation Safety Board says railroads should not delay installing positive train control or PTC a system using antennas digital radios and GPS to monitor train location speed and braking in response to human error rail crashes. Congress delayed the deadline by three years.
National compliance data shows BNSF, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Union Pacific progress. BNSF reports 2389 locomotives radios and 19886 track miles mapped. Canadian National has partial equipment and no safety plan. Canadian Pacific lists 146 locomotives and 75 radios with 1515 miles mapped. Union Pacific reports no locomotives but 1855 radios and 21150 miles mapped with spectrum obtained.
Rural Iowa hospitals fear the Medicaid transition could end essential funding as they try to preserve gains from prior programs. Chelsea Keenan reports in The Gazette.
The small Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton shifts to electronic medical records and adopts new coding as part of federal requirements. CEO Michael Riege warns the move to four out of state companies managing 560000 Medicaid enrollees by January could push the facility past its limits while overseeing a 40 bed nursing home and four rural clinics.
Cedar Rapids Community Schools Superintendent Brad Buck, hired in March, has refused two outside paid requests while studying district issues. He considered teaching an introductory course for Viterbo University in Wisconsin, saying he would take paid time off if needed. Experts warn moonlighting by school leaders can raise conflicts of interest and affect accountability. The Iowa City school board will discuss Superintendent Stephen Marley's ten discretionary leave days for consulting on Tuesday.
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