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Also, Iowa earns $456 million on investments

Iowa records show 103 salaried employees were let go Wednesday in Waterloo and Dubuque.

A year after a swell of top medical schools boycotted the U.S. News & World Report rankings for their reliance on reputation and other potentially-biased metrics, the publication has re-calibrated its process and released new grouping-style med school standings -- putting the University of Iowa in a second tier of four.

J’nae Peterman started this summer as the homeless systems manager, a new three-year position jointly funded by Cedar Rapids and Linn County where she will streamline local resources to support the growing unhoused population.

An Anamosa Middle School gym teacher is accused of sending inappropriate messages to a 10th grader in 2014. When the messages first surfaced anonymously in 2018, he denied the accusation and suggested his ex-wife may have sent the messages. During a renewed investigation this year, she denied any involvement.

With a new increase in state appropriations — after lawmakers withheld one last year — paired with a strong enrollment outlook and recently-approved tuition bumps, all three of Iowa’s public universities are anticipating a total revenue boost in the new budget year.

Iowa lawmakers may consider a moratorium halting new casinos at the start of the legislative session in 2025, potentially thwarting Cedar Rapids’ third bid for a gambling facility in the weeks before state regulators are slated to vote on awarding license.