State Budget Cuts Hit University and Schools
State officials face a 10 percent cut with a system wide hiring freeze and moratorium on new buildings except flood restoration. University of Town cuts 40 teaching assistant positions, mostly graduate students, while Cedar Rapids district plans to cover an $8.4 million shortfall by dipping into its reserves.
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David Miles
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Regents
University of Town
Miles
Cedar Rapids
Steve Graham
Iowa to impose 10 percent state budget cut
Gov. Culver announced an immediate across the board 10 percent reduction for executive-branch agencies to balance the 2010 budget. He warned hundreds of state employee layoffs and major service cuts, calling the move among the largest in state history. President Danny Homan of AFSCME Council 61 commented on the impact.
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Des Moines Bureau
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Culver
Statehouse
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Hawkeyes license thousands of products at UI coving fans
University of Iowa licenses about 600 vendors to produce thousands of Hawkeye and UI logo items and earned over 2 million dollars for the Athletics Department in fiscal 2009. Licensing chief Dale Arens recalls casket licensing as a once common, now expired, offering. Iowa State offers Cyclones licensed caskets for eternity.
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Liz Martin
Gazette
Matt Martin
Chicago
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University of Iowa
Iowa
Dale Arens
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Arens
Pat
Iowa State University
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Big freeze eyed for Eastern Iowa this weekend
Meteorologist Kay O Mara warns of a killing frost by Sunday morning with temps near 28 degrees for three to four hours and a Sunday low near 25. A 7 12 pm kickoff for the Iowa football game will bring cold winds and possible flurries with 30s readings and no heavy snow.
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Gazette
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Gist
Iowa
University of Iowa
O’mara
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