Corrections board backs new 800-bed prison over Fort Madison redo
An independent consultant urged $110.2 million for a new maximum security prison on an existing site or $132.1 million to redesign Fort Madison. The Board of Corrections endorsed the new build, keeping some Fort Madison facilities open while closing older cellblocks seen as costly to heat and unreliable. The 10 member study panel will report to the Legislature in January as state prisons run over capacity.
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Fort Madison
State Board of Corrections
Homan
Iowa State Penitentiary
Iowa
State Department of Corrections
John Bennett
Lawmakers Debate Revision on Education Reform Bill
Representative Miller faces backlash as the committee continues drafting a revised education bill. The draft keeps testing and standards through 2014 with possible easing for failing schools and debates English testing timelines for non-native speakers. Proposals for teacher pay incentives of up to 10000 dollars are under discussion, while opposition cites risk to core standards.
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Dave Loebsack
Miller
Education and Labor Committee
National Education Association
Margaret Spellings
Twin Pines greens renovation questioned by city golf task force
The Twin Pines golf course faces debate over greens renovation. An irrigation system estimated at 500000 dollars and a drainage plan are weighed against club house upgrades of about 800000 dollars. Task force members question the Golf Property Analysis report while noting the greens lack a sand base and older bent grass complicates maintenance.
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Scott Carnes
Jones Golf Course
Golf Property Analysis of
Harrisburg
Lisa Miller
Twin Pines
Carnes
Miller
Bob Bruce
Hammes
Ellis and Jones Courses
Iraq contractors in Iraq raise questions on military dependence
The weekend shooting involving Blackwater USA left 11 Iraqis dead as private contractors supplement scarce U.S. forces. The piece notes post cold war forces shrinking, wartime contraction, and a push to regulate contractors under federal criminal codes, with Obama backing similar Senate legislation.
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Blackwater USA
Iraq
U.S
David Price
D-N.c
Barack Obama
D-Nl
Senate
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