Recap of news from across the state
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Recap of news from across the state
Public health officials urge families to talk to their pediatricians as measles outbreaks on the rise in the U.S.
‘You’re voice, your vote’: District collected 1,700 community surveys to prioritize projects that would be funded by the capital projects levy
House Republicans said the bill was necessary to teach Iowa students about the high points of American history and the achievements of the country’s major historical figures. They said students have been taught disproportionately about the negatives in American history.
The Iowa House on Thursday passed a bill that reorganizes the funding and oversight of Iowa’s area education agencies, the first major milestone for the proposal after lawmakers spent the past two months weighing changes to the state’s special education network.
Kids First Law Center recognizing Thursday 14 students -- nominated by their teachers -- for exemplifying positive leadership qualities
Adding to its list of athletics projects, the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday received Board of Regents permission to start planning a 22,000-square-foot $10 million “court practice facility“ to be shared between men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office says the state will hire a new partner, citing conflicts of interest in the program as operated by AEAs, but one recent program worker pushed back at that characterization.
For the first time in nearly seven years, Iowa’s Board of Regents has a new president in Sherry Bates -- a social worker who’s been on the board for nearly a decade.
The district has no immediate plans to build on the almost 19-acres of property southwest of Iowa City that could be a future school site.
School officials make recommendations on how to trim $7.5 million in expenses from the budget over the next two years
Laura Thomas to serve the remaining year and a half of Matt Rollinger’s term, who resigned earlier this month.
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