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The state’s five-year plan for transportation infrastructure features billions of dollars in planned investments in Iowa road, bridge, aviation and railway infrastructure, construction and repair projects.

Also in Government Notes, the Hawkeye Area Labor Council announced it is endorsing the Cedar Rapids school bond that will go to voters in November.

Expanding Iowa’s community college offerings to include four-year bachelor’s degrees could address the state’s growing workforce needs, shrink its “educational deserts” in rural communities, and improve earnings for Iowans.

In the video posted on her Instagram, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst speaks directly to the camera while apparently walking through a cemetery. She says, “I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth.”

Michele Smith aids the Iowa’s never-ending quest to ensure bacteria are efficiently munching on contaminants in wastewater, in an effort to protect the environment.

The seed library is a partnership between the Linn County ISU Extension & Outreach Master Gardeners and the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program.

While University of Iowa officials declined to share details of how many grants and contracts have been terminated across campus, U.S. Health and Human Services and NSF disclosures indicate millions of UI research funding has been lost.

Iowa City’s Burlington Street Bridge is crossed by nearly 19,000 vehicles each day. But it is deteriorating. A 2021 report described the structure as being in “poor” condition and “structurally deficient.” City leaders are working with the University of Iowa and Iowa DOT to plan for replacement of the structure, work that could begin by 2028 or 2029.