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A lawsuit claiming Gov. Chet Culver and Iowa Department of Education Director Judy Jeffrey failed to provide an effective education required by state law brought by three families and two prominent state Republicans was dismissed by a Polk County judge.

Marvin Pomerantz of Des Moines, prominent University of Iowa alumnus and benefactor, Iowa business leader, and former president of the Iowa Board of Regents, died Thursday at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. In honor of Pomerantz, the UI will fly the flag atop the Old Capitol at half-staff today.

Marvin Pomerantz, a prominent Des Moines businessman who advised Republican governors and presidential candidates for the past 40 years, died Thursday at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. One of only six Iowans inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, he also played an influential role in Iowa education.

Last year Iowa students’ SAT scores ranked first in the nation and their ACT scores ranked second when adjusted for percentage of students tested. Seems commendable, but some Iowa lawmakers, including Gov. Chet Culver, feel more needs to be done if Iowa graduates want to succeed in the global community.

Their plan? To create a new [...]

Lock and load: the Iowa Board of Regents has a full chamber of proposals on its agenda to deliberate at its Wednesday meeting in Iowa City.

Regents will consider a comprehensive security policy that includes a provision to regularly arm police at Iowa’s three public universities. The policy, if approved, would permit 81 campus officers from [...]

Displeased by the UI College of Public Health’s handling of the $15 million gift offer from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Marvin Promerantz resigned his position as head of the college’s capital raising committee. “I think the College of Public Health dean embarrassed me and embarrassed the university,” said Pomerantz, a University of Iowa [...]