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Obama taps Clinton, Gates for U.S. 'new dawn' abroad
Found: 6 Hours 5 Minutes ago
Times Republican - CHICAGO - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush.The president-elect said he hadn't changed his mind about bringing most U.S....
S.D. blizzard relief comes from California
Found: 8 Hours 29 Minutes ago
Sioux City Journal - RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A California tribe has donated $100,000 in blizzard aid to West River reservation areas still recovering from an early November storm....
Artist presentation set for Saturday at welcome center
Found: 8 Hours 31 Minutes ago
Sioux City Journal - CROFTON, Neb. -- St. James, Neb., artisan Mary Schaefer-Roper of Mystic Imij Art Design will talk about her art Saturday at the Corps of Discovery Welcome Center....
Paranormal group tests Oakland Cemetery
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The Daily Iowegian - The forces of nature did not keep three members with Iowa Paranormal away from Oakland cemetery Saturday night, and also not five and 50. ...
Nick and Marlene Manning
Found: 9 Hours 58 Minutes ago
Le Mars Daily Sentinel - Nick and Marlene Manning of Le Mars celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Their family includes: Shawn and Matt Schiefen and Chris, Brianna, Duvia and Samantha of Merrill,......
UNI's Ruffin tabbed for Valley honor
Found: 9 Hours 58 Minutes ago
KWQC 6 News - Associated Press - December 1, 2008 4:04 PM ET CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Northern Iowa's James Ruffin has been named the Missouri Valley Conference's defensive player of the year.
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West Hancock finishes second at tournament
Found: 10 Hours 26 Minutes ago
Daily Gate City - QUINCY, Ill. -The Quincy Notre Dame Raiders defeated the West Hancock Titans 52-37 in the championship game of the QND Gully Transportation/Suns Classic Tip-Off Tournament Saturday....
Report says demands to remain despite tight economic times
Found: 11 Hours 57 Minutes ago
The Gazette - Iowa likely will be between the proverbial rock and hard place as state revenues fail to keep up with projected education and health care growth, an Eastern Iowa think tank warned today."Iowa faces a fiscal future of rising costs and stagnant revenues," said Peter Fisher, research director for the nonpartisan Iowa Policy Project. The project looked at state income tax and sales tax revenues as well as expenditures for K-12 education, higher education and Medicaid and#8212; ongoing expenses that account for about two-thirds of the state budget.Fisher and Elaine Ditsler found the state faces budget challenges with its graying population. Iowans over age 64 are expected to reach 22 percent of the population by 2030. At the same time, Iowa has an eroding sales-tax base and anticipated higher costs of health care and education.The fiscal imbalance is complicated by state tax policies including senior preferences in the income tax system and tax cuts and credits for businesses.The report noted that state revenues have declined as a share of the state's economy over the last 15 years, largely because of "aggressive tax cutting in the late 1990s, and continued tax cuts through the recession of 2001 and the subsequent recovery."Looking at the cost of those tax policies will be important as state policymakers look to fund education and health care, Fisher said. Rather than facing scrutiny every year as part of the budget process, however, th policies have become embedded in the tax code and continue year-after-year without debate.Many people have assumed the aging of Iowa's population would be accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the percent of school-age Iowans. Fisher found a small decrease is likely but it will be offset by rising per-pupil expenditures.The higher education enrollments and costs are expected to rise, he said.Likewise, health spending is expected to rise because of higher health care costs. Medicaid costs will increase as the share of children and adults younger than 65 enrolled in the program grows along with the share of population who are disabled and enrolled. Although state Medicaid spending is less than 1 percent of the state gross domestic product, it is expected to double by 2030."If the revenue picture does not change," Fisher said, "it is inevitable that the state's current priorities of health-care and education investments will be affected."...
Lane Kiffin introduced as Tennessee's 21st coach
Found: 15 Hours 3 Minutes ago
Quad City Times - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Lane Kiffin, the former coach of the NFL Oakland Raiders, is the new coach of Tennessee....
UNI football: Ruffin named league’s top defensive player
Found: 15 Hours 39 Minutes ago
Des Moines Register - Northern Iowa’s James Ruffin has been named the Missouri Valley Conference’s most valuable defensive player of the year, the league announced today....
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