A federal jury has tossed out a bias suit against the former dean of U-I’s law school. Teresa Manning contended that Carolyn Jones rejected her for a faculty post because of her conservative political beliefs.
A former University of Iowa student has been arrested in China for the murder of an ISU student last fall. Xiangnan Li disappeared shortly before Tong Shao’s body was found in the trunk of a car.
A former ISU researcher is asking a federal judge for mercy tomorrow when deciding whether to send him to prison for fudging his research on an AIDS vaccine. Prosecutors say Dong-Pyou Han’s fake test results led to up to 20 million dollars in federal grant money. He could get up to six years in jail.
The head of Iowa’s biggest state workers’ union has been meeting with laid-off Clarinda and Mount Pleasant mental hospital employees. AFSCME is hinting that it might sue the governor and the state for violating a collective bargaining agreement.
Governor Branstad is delighted that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the EPA’s stricter standards for mercury emissions from coal-fired plants. The court deemed the agency approved the standards without gauging the cost.
The pollution prevention services division of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is having a pollution control workshop at the Marriott in Ankeny. The July 16th workshop is aimed at showing businesses how to manage environmental issues and to help those who need a refresher course.
Up to a thousand Iowa poultry workers could be out of a job by August because of the bird flu epidemic. Iowa Workforce Development is pairing with Iowa Central College to offer job training programs and re-employment opportunities to those affected.
We’re making more money this year than we were last year. New research shows family income for the 99-percent rose by more than 3 percent, the first meaningful gain in 15 years. The top one percent saw their incomes jump by more than ten percent.
More folks are lining up to buy new homes in Greater Des Moines. Contracts to purchase homes hit their highest level in more than nine years last month, up 23 percent from a year ago.
Gray’s Lake Park took a hit during the storms and flooding last week. Jen Fletcher from Des Moines Park and Rec says they need volunteers today and tomorrow to help clear it out. Check out the map for the park at dmpark.org.
