Which party will decide post Harkin Senate leadership
The next Senate majority will determine who chairs the HELP and Appropriations subcommittees after Senator Harkin. If Democrats win, Barbara Mikulski could lead the HELP panel, while Patty Murray may rise with Harkin’s seat in play. Republicans could install Jerry Moran if they take the chamber.
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Harkin
Senate
Appropriations
Bibs
Sen
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
Alexander
Science Coalition
Barbara Mikulski
Maryland
Mikulski
Murray
Kansas
Jerry Moran
National Institutes of Health
Fatemi
Iowa
U.S
Bruce Braley
Joni Ernst
University of Iowa
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sen. Harkin
Ro Foege
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D.C
U.S. Senate
Iowa Board weighs tuition freeze for 2015-16 with state aid link
Regents consider a tuition freeze tied to state funding and new performance based metrics. President Sally Mason supports a freeze while UNI and ISU push for sufficient resources and affordability. Students favor keeping costs down as efficiency reviews identify potential savings.
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Rastetter
University of Iowa
Sally Mason
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State University
Tuition becomes campaign issue in Iowa race
State Sen. Jack Hatch challenger to Gov. Terry Branstad attacks a surprise tuition hike and proposes a 5 000 student loan program at 1 percent to reduce college debt. Branstad Reynolds praise Regents slow pace on tuition and aim for fixed price four year degrees.
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Jack Hatch
D-Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Hatch
Branstad
Kim Reynolds
State Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Commuter transport study maps eastern Iowa needs
A DOT survey covering six eastern Iowa counties gathered 619 responses and 16 major employers over a month. A second survey seeks ideas for commuter service improvements in Johnson Linn Benton Jones Iowa Cedar and Washington counties open until Nov 17 with a public open house Nov 19 at Cedar Rapids Public Library.
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Iowa
Paulsen
DOT
Johnson, Linn
Benton
Jones
Cedar
Washington
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Fifth Avenue SE
Ebola patient Spencer in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Manhattan
Spencer, 33, returned to New York from West Africa and is in intensive care after showing fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. He was transported in a HazMat response to Bellevue Hospital where a CDC team will assist, as 5000 health workers attended Ebola planning sessions.
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Spencer
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan
Andrew Cuomo
New York
Cuomo
Mary Travis Bassett
New York City
Bellevue
Bassett
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas Frieden
CDC
Frieden
Doctors Without Borders
Hamilton Heights
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U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
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Health and Human Services Department
Capitol Hill
ISU
Steven Leath
UNI
Mike Licari
Kevin Gartman
Meyer
Chicago
McKibben
Vanessa. Miller
Thegazette
Rod Boshart
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