News that the University of Iowa is canceling some scholarships to handle the state budget cuts has sparked controversy among state lawmakers. Democrats are blaming Republicans for a bill that cut eight million dollars from the U-I budget for this year. Senator Rob Hogg, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, is urging Republicans who control the both houses of the Iowa Legislature to restore the cuts to the three state school’s budgets.
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U-I President Bruce Harreld told the Board of Regents they are sending out letters to some 2,400 students who will see their financial aid packages reduced by an average of 17-hundred dollars for the school year that starts in the fall.
House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, a Republican from Mason City…
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Upmeyer says the school and the University of Iowa Foundation could have found a way to pay the promised scholarships.
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