Education: High School Graduation, College Planning and Expanding Taxes ...

High Schools around Iowa are holding Senior Recognitions, Proms and are heading into Graduation in the coming weeks ...

Today's article is from the Monday, April 26, 2010 edition of The Des Moines Register featuring a. The column is titled, "College offer many options for Adults back in class." For more on college offerings read, “Iowa Higher-Education’s Third Way: Community Colleges’ 2+2 Programs.”

The Cedar Rapids Community Schools are moving to increase facilities with a new administrative building. All this despite the more than challenging economy right now, with Flood Recovery on top of that.

TONIGHT: Cedar Rapids school board to discuss new administrative building - The Gazette

“The need for a $45 million dollar administration building at this time is
totally without merit and will be an irresponsible act by the board.” - Dick
Fredericks of Palo

Slow Economy Could Help Cedar Rapids School District - KCRG
“The need for a $45 million dollar administration building at this time is totally without merit and will be an irresponsible act by the board,” Dick ...
Cedar Rapids School District Names New Executive Director of Special Services - KCRG

Choice of Schools in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City area tightening up ...

Many Corridor schools restricting open enrollment - The Gazette

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Rising unemployment, mixed views on the Federal Stimulus spending

"This was supposed to be about jobs, jobs, and jobs. And the fact is, it
turned into nothing more than spending, spending, and more spending on a lot of
big government bureaucracy." - House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Oh)

The Monday, July 6, 2009 edition of The Wall Street Journal features an article titled, Calls grow to increase stimulus spending. For more on this issue, read Public Interest Institutes's Follow the Constitution rather than Keynes.

More misreading? - Dallas Morning News
Any chance they've misread the hoped-for stimulus results? Any chance they've misread what taking over GM is going to mean? Any chance they've misread what ...

Biden: Administration "Misread" Economy - U.S. News & World Report

Cantor open to second stimulus with tax cuts - The Hill

Cantor: Stimulus Isn't Working - RealClearPolitics

"I don't think anybody can honestly say that we're satisfied with the results so
far of the stimulus. But we believe the stimulus was absolutely
essential." - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md)

Hoyer: Stimulus Slow to Create Jobs, But Time is Not Ripe for New ... - FOX News

2 Democrat said Sunday that he is not satisfied with the results of the stimulus so far, but it's too soon to consider a second package since not all of the ...

The Stimulus: Six Months Later -National Ledger - Jon Kyl
With some now suggesting a second stimulus package, it's a good time to look at some preliminary results of the first package. In January, the president's ...

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The Economist: China seeks stimulation too

China seeks stimulation A stimulus plan to inject $586 billion into China's economy. But the devil lies in the detail Full article
Into the wilderness Republicans try to rediscover themselves, and puzzle over Sarah Palin's fate Full article

The week ahead A global summit to discuss the economic and financial crisis, and other news Full article

A painful job to do As unemployment surges Barack Obama will have to take some awkward economic decisions Full article

Germany's feeble stimulus package A stimulus package in Germany amounts to mild fiscal loosening Full article

Who will the government look to bail out next? Colin Cowherd today was suggesting the media, since they employ people too. Newspapers are seeing rough times these days.

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Global Push to Beat Economoc Downturn

It was a bad October economically for a lot of people around the globe. The Friday, November 7, 2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal featured an article titled "Global Push to Beat Economic Downturn." For more information on economic issues read Amy Franz' Policy Study report titled "No Income Tax: The Key to Economic Growth."

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