Rallies Erupt Over Iowa Judicial Retention Vote
Supporters and opponents clashed outside the Iowa Capitol as a 20 city, four day bus tour sought to sway voters against Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and Justices Streit and Baker. Critics warn ousting up to 74 judges would fracture public safety while backers say voting booth is the check on judiciary activism.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
Capitol
Iowa Supreme Court
Marsha Ternus
Michael Streit
David Baker
Tamara Scott
Concerned Women For America
Scott
Ankeny
Ternus
Streit
Baker
U.S
Steve King
Kiron
Arthur Neu
Carroll
Fair Court For Us
Supreme Court
Nell
Tom Harkin
Sonal View
Hurley
Bonnie Campbell
Montana
Culver Unveils Main Street Plan in Iowa Campaign
Iowa Governor Chet Culver campaigns on a Main Street versus Wall Street theme with a $120 million plan delivering $90 tax credits to individuals and $180 to couples. He accuses rival Terry Branstad of hiding while Branstad tours with Mitt Romney in eastern Iowa and counters with tax cuts aimed at corporations and property owners.
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Rod Boshart
Ves Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Chet Culver
GOP
Terry Branstad
Wall Street
Branstad
Iowa
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Culver
Main Street
Brans
Tad
America
Jeff Boeyink
Boeyink
Main
Cedar Rapids
Romney
Retirement payout raises questions for Iowa school group chief
Ron Rice, ex executive director of the Iowa Association of School Boards, will receive about 1.12 million in retirement benefits over years. The pension amount, tied to 13 years of service and investment gains, draws criticism from legislators amid a state probe into high salaries and spending.
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Associated Press Des Moines
Ron Rice
Iowa Association of School
Des Moines Register
Rice
Associated Press
Iowa
Maxine Kilcrease
Association
Clel Bandler
Greenfield
Veronica Stalker
School Boards Association
Braley Lange clash over jobs at Waterloo Rotary forum
Democratic Rep Bruce Braley and GOP challenger Ben Lange debated government’s role in the economy at the Waterloo Rotary Club. Lange linked Braley’s votes on cap and trade and health care to higher costs, while Braley touted tax credits for hiring long-term unemployed and argued his district roots and bipartisan work.
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Waterloo
U.S
Bruce Braley
Ben Lange
Braley
Dubuque County
Lange
Iowa
Nancy Pelosi
Tom Latham
Ames
John Boeher
Ohio
Campaign Almanac Town Hall and High-Profile Rally Tours Cedar Rapids
Mari Culver wife of Gov Chet Culver holds a 10 30 a m town hall at Monroe Early Childhood School 3200 Pioneer Ave SE Cedar Rapids on early childhood education. Branstad Romney rally features Terry Branstad and Mitt Romney at 10 a m at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center 7725 Kirkwood Blvd SW Cedar Rapids.
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Mari Culver
Chet Culver
Monroe
Pioneer Ave
Cedar Rapids
Branstad
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Kirkwood Center
Kirkwood Blvd
Waterloo school revamps dress code after judge ruling
Waterloo board votes 7 0 to rewrite the dress code in a prescriptive manner limiting what students may not wear while pursuing state statute changes and an appeal to the state Board of Education. Administrative Law Judge Carol Greta had ruled the policy exceeded district authority.
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Ie Vourier Waterloo — Waterloo
State Board of Education
Waterloo Board
Bernice Richard
Carol Greta
Waterloo
Greta
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Iowa Family Policy Center Action
IFPC
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Verizon
James Lynch
Boshart
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Campaign Almanac
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