AMES, Iowa – May 17, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation,...
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By Ed Tibbetts/Quad-City Times A day ahead of President Barack Obama’s stop in Iowa, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign tried Tuesday to sway young Americans in the 2012 election, arguing college costs are up and employment is down for those who have just left school. The president will be in Iowa City on Wednesday to...
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Although President Obama’s support among Millennials has dipped since the 2008 election, a new poll shows he is widening his lead over likely general election opponent Mitt Romney among those of 18- to 29-year-old voters. Obama will visit the UI Field House at 1 p.m. April 25 to talk about the need for Congress...
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DES MOINES – Iowa House and Senate budget negotiators are moving toward agreement on higher education funding that a House Republican called a “significant increase” in funding for Iowa’s regents universities. They started out $65 million apart with Senate Democrats proposing a $34 million increase to $556 million for the three regent universities. House...
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DES MOINES – Legislation that provoked a partisan shouting match over who was doing more to protect Iowans from sex offenders sailed through the Iowa House 97-0. The Republican-controlled House took language added by Senate Democrats that would bar violent sexual predators from being transferred into nursing homes, but insisted on keeping their original...
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By Mike Wiser/Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said the state Department of Education and local school districts need to look at how they handle bullying complaints and change their policies if necessary. Branstad’s comments came after the suicide of Kenneth Weishuhn, a 14-year-old boy from South O’Brien High School in...
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DES MOINES – A weekly ritual for members of the Iowa House is the Thursday afternoon publication of email newsletter to constituents back home. Scores of legislators sending out email blasts to thousands of newsletter subscribers sometimes slows the Statehouse network to a near dial-up crawl. Now a few lawmakers are taking their...
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The federal government is officially seeking American manufacturers for rail passenger cars that could someday serve Iowa City. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today builders may submit bids for a $551 million contract to build up to 130 new bi-level passenger cars. The cars will be used on Amtrak routes in “California, Illinois, Michigan,...
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UPDATED: DES MOINES – President Obama will visit the University of Iowa in Iowa City April 25 as part of his effort to get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. According to the White House, more than 7.4 million students with federal student loans will see their...
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U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, a Waterloo Democrat, will speak to the Iowa College and Young Democrats’ annual convention in Grinnell and attend the Linn County Democrats’ Hall of Fame Dinner. He will attend the Tama County Democrats’ spring fundraiser at 4 p.m. April 22 at the Eagles Club in Tama before visiting the Poweshiek...
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Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will speak at Eastern I0wa Republican district conventions April 21. Reynolds will speak at the 1st District convention, which begins at 10 a.m. at Grinnell Middle School, before speaking to the 2nd District convention, which kicks off at 10 a.m. at Iowa Wesleyan College Howe Student Center Gymnasium, in Mount...
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