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Though reforming the U.S. health care system will likely produce controversial answers to a long list of complicated questions, one proposed solution to the nation’s worsening nurse shortage is alluringly simple.

The Iowa House Friday passed a $115 million bonding bill to help University of Iowa officials rebuild flood-ravaged areas of the Iowa City campus.
The Senate passed a $100 million bonding measure earlier this month. An amendment to the House version, sponsored by Rep. Dennis Cohoon, D-Burlington, adds another $15 million to the bill for veterinary [...]

A statewide poll conducted by University of Iowa political scientists found that 28 percent of Iowans support same-sex marriage. Another 30 percent support civil unions and about one in three oppose both.
“Iowans are not yet ready to support gay marriage completely, but they are clearly ready to legally acknowledge same-sex relationships,” said David Redlawsk, associate [...]

After meeting with UI faculty members who presented her with 200 signatures asking for the reinstatement of Marcus Mills, University of Iowa President Sally Mason said Thursday that she is standing by her decision to fire two former vice presidents last month, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.
“While I understand that some faculty and staff were [...]

Not everyone was satisfied with University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s firing of former vice president of general counsel Marcus Mills, including Political Science Professor Michael Lewis-Beck, who will meet with Mason today and deliver nearly 200 signatures, which includes several distinguished faculty members, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.

In the wake of the University of Iowa’s mishandling of an alleged sexual assault case, the Iowa State Board of Regents ordered a comprehensive review of the sexual assault and misconduct policies at all of the state’s universities. The regents’ office will pick up half the tab, while the other half will be funded by a portion of a $1 million Flagship grant awarded in 2007 to the University of Northern Iowa from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.

Barack Obama has a huge national lead among young voters, says a a University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll released today, but the matter of whether they will show up on Election Day is still up in the air.

“If they show up in record numbers, they will decidedly tip the scale toward an Obama victory,” said David Redlawsk, the University of Iowa political scientist who directed the poll. “But if they fail to turn out, the final result is likely to be very close.”

While several members of the University of Iowa community remain dislocated because of this summer’s record flooding, the fate of Jackson Pollock’s famous 1943 painting, “Mural,” still hangs in limbo. The painting, which had been residing in the University of Iowa Museum of Art building since it opened its doors in 1969, was given to the UI by Peggy Guggenheim in 1951.

Despite all of the media attention surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s Christian faith, including his connection to the controversial former Pastor Emeritus Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ, nearly 42 percent of registered voters nationwide still cannot identify Obama’s religion, a University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll shows.

A law firm’s report that documents the University of Iowa’s handling of a sexual assault case involving two former UI football players and led to the firing of two top officials at the university will end up costing the state $247,588, the Des Moines Register reported.