by Matt Kelley | Sep 29, 2015 | Education, News
Five schools in Iowa will be honored in a ceremony in the nation’s capital later this year. The U.S. Department of Education today named 335 public and private schools in 44 states as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2015. The Iowa schools chosen are...
by Todd Kimm | Sep 29, 2015 | Sports
Wisconsin opened this season as the favorite to win the Big Ten West Division and that won’t draw an argument from Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. The Badgers have made a habit of appearing in the Big Ten Championship game and have won three league titles in the past...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 29, 2015 | Education, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
The president of the Board of Regents says his official response to a call for his resignation is “no comment.” The Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty at the University of Iowa passed a resolution calling for all nine members of the Board of Regents to...
by Matt Kelley | Sep 29, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
Legislation is in the works designed to ratchet up watchdog efforts to keep federal employees from abusing their government-issue credit cards by blowing taxpayer dollars on personal spending sprees. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is one of the lead cosponsors of the...
by Matt Kelley | Sep 29, 2015 | Education, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Governor Terry Branstad on Monday signed an executive order formalizing pieces of anti-bullying legislation he tried to get through the Iowa Legislature the past three years. The order designates the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Violence Prevention...