Just curious: This occasional feature in the Des Moines Register aims to answer your questions about Iowa. Is there some place, event, lore, history or cultural quirk you’re just curious about? Email your question to the Des Moines Register’s Bill Steiden at wsteiden@registermedia.com. The Iowa State Fair will mark the 170th year since its inception when it […]
Apr. 25—GRAND FORKS — State Board of Higher Education members moved to grant tenure to several candidates at two-year colleges despite a committee’s attempts to delay those appointments. Board members approved 12 tenure-track candidates from Lake Region State College, North Dakota State College of Science, Bismarck State College and Williston State College on Thursday, April […]
Jose Mourinho believes his time with Manchester United may have been more successful had he been afforded the same level of support and trust as current manager Erik ten Hag. Mourinho won the Carabao Cup and Europa League in his first season at Old Trafford before finishing second in the Premier League the following campaign. […]
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he will step down from his leadership role, leaving a power vacuum atop the party he has piloted for nearly 17 years, more than any other party leader in the chamber’s history. “I turned 82 last week. The […]
In a lengthy email to University of Kentucky students and staff Wednesday, President Eli Capilouto rebuked GOP legislators’ efforts to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities, calling such bills “deeply concerning” and rejecting the accusation that institutions like UK push “narrow and rigid orthodoxies of thought.” “We don’t speak out as an […]
This article was originally published in Nebraska Examiner. LINCOLN — Bills to eliminate tenure protection for university professors in an effort to halt “indoctrination (of) leftist ideology,” and one to do away with Nebraska’s inheritance tax were among 37 proposals introduced during a snowy Monday at the State Capitol. State Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central […]
Jan. 4—Jeremy Larson’s tenure as superintendent of Paris-Union School District No. 95 in Illinois ended Sunday after he and the school board reached a mutual separation agreement Dec. 29. The agreement says the two parties “have determined to mutually and amicably end their employment relationship effective Dec. 31, 2023.” Last summer, an Illinois State Board […]