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The Des Moines Register showered more poll numbers on readers today, and the news is better for Democrats than it was over the weekend.
Though each Iowan seems to have his or her own ideas for how money should be cut from the budget, few blame the Democrats for overspending on their key priorities over the [...]

A group of midwestern states, including Iowa, is exploring the potential of a college-credit exchange to help defray the costs of earning a degree, AP reports.

There’s some good news, but there is also bad news in the way some students perceive their safety at Iowa schools.

Two Republican legislators and the state’s largest labor union are calling on the University of Iowa to cancel a planned trip to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla., saying the price tag is too high at a time when the state is facing huge budget deficits.

In light of historic budget cuts recently implemented by Gov. Chet Culver due to a downturn in revenue projections, the state should increase its investment in postsecondary education for low-income adults. The investment would improve economic prospects for Iowa families, and in the process boost the state budget, according to the nonpartisan group Iowa Policy [...]

The Des Moines Independent Community School District, which has more than 30,000 enrolled students, will take the biggest hit from Gov. Chet Culver’s order to cut 10 percent across-the-board from the budget.

More than half, or around $332 million, of the 10 percent across-the-board budget cut ordered Thursday by Gov. Chet Culver will come from the state’s department of education.

A U.S. House bill touted as the most sweeping overhaul of federal student loan programs since inclusion of the GI Bill was passed last week with the Iowa delegation splitting on party lines.

Though President Barack Obama’s speech to schoolchildren today would have likely generated some controversy no matter when it had been scheduled, the White House seemed to pick a particularly bad day for it, at least for Iowans.
As Obama delivered his live address today, hundreds of school board members and candidates were trying to win elections [...]

Student activists at Iowa State University want their school to alter its coal ash disposal method by the end of 2009, and they began their campaign Monday to make that happen.