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CIVICS TEST SOON NEEDED FOR IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SOON WILL HAVE TO ANSWER AT LEAST 60 OF THE 100 QUESTIONS ON THE U-S CITIZENSHIP TEST CORRECTLY IN ...
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Bill requiring civics test for Iowa students headed to governor’s desk
Beginning with the class of 2027, Iowa students would have to take another test before they can graduate high school, if the governor signs a bill into law.
High levels of cancer-causing radon affect 3 of 4 Iowa homes; Lawmakers look at several bills to make state safer
About 1 in 15 homes nationally have high levels of radon. Around 3 out of 4 in Iowa, or 70 percent, have high levels. “All of them have the same percentage chance of failure,” Shearer said. “Every ...
Chronic absenteeism fix, civics test to graduate both sent to governor’s desk
A bill that was asked for by school districts, county attorneys and parents has made it through both chambers with not a ...
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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate sends bill creating Center for Intellectual Freedom at UI to governor’s desk
Iowa Senate lawmakers sent a bill that would create a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa to the ...
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States push Medicaid work rules, but few programs help enrollees find jobs
Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already ...
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County schedules public meetings on certificates of obligation
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County is hosting a series of public meetings on its plans to issue up to $54 million of certificates of obligation to fund infrastructure projects. The County says the ...
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Pesticides, work mandates, DEI: What bills lived or died in Iowa Legislature's 2nd funnel?
A bill shielding pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits joined a long list of casualties of the Iowa Legislature’s second “funnel” deadline. But the bill cutoff has left lawmakers closer to ...
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Pesticides, work mandates, DEI: What bills lived or died in Iowa Legislature's 2nd funnel?
A bill shielding pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits joined a long list of casualties of the Iowa Legislature’s second “funnel” deadline. But the bill cutoff has left lawmakers closer to ...
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Behavioral health providers worry about 'uncertainty' in Iowa's system overhaul
Kim Reynolds budget bill currently does not directly give a portion of federal Community Mental Health Block Grant ... $15 million combined — to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
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Iowa Department of Corrections seeks man who failed to report to Davenport Work Release Center
The Iowa Department of Corrections is looking for a man who failed to report to the Davenport Work Release Center last week. Brian Luther Clark, who was convicted of Burglary 1st Degree in Clinton ...
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5 Saran health centres get ‘Kayakalp’ certificates
Chhapra: Five health centres ... ‘Kayakalp' certificates under National Health Mission. These centres have been made eco-friendly with 24x7 emergency services, outpatient department (OPD ...