Dean Borg

Correspondent for @iowapublicradio. Retweets are retweets.

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Responsibility broadens. https://t.co/jQtjVZWngD

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58 Republicans caucusing in a Mount Vernon school classroom, a few paces away from four times as many Democrats in the cafeteria. A Republican caucus goer supporting Bill Weld said , Trump has been good. We can do better. Straw poll gave Trump all but 2 votes.

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At the Democratic caucus on Mount Vernon, Iowa’s Cornell College campus, retired nurse, Lynn McGonigal isn’t carrying a candidate’s sign, but she’s aligned with a group on the gymnasium bleachers jammed with college students.

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@erinfjordan @ewarren Totally, and obviously selfish.

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Planned reduction. Original plan modified, lessening decreasing support effect on IPR operating under FCC licenses owned by UNI, UI and ISU.
Iowa Public Radio will pocket fewer state dollars this year, but still expects to grow https://t.co/Nw5xioQnlF via @presscitizen

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I remember seeing our nation land on the moon and imagining what it must be like. Now, I get to work for @Raytheon​, the company that brought those images to the world, as we open new frontiers. #Apollo50

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ISU's former president, Steven Leath, is out at Auburn University. Leath, 61, left Ames campus in April 2017. Auburn statement says Trustees' presidential assessment committee and Leath, "mutually decided to part ways."

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Cedar Rapids' Collins Technologies, renamed that when acquired by United Technologies in November 2018, is getting more management changes. Parent, United Technologies now merging with Raytheon---a marriage of two defense contractor giants.

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Iowa auditor @RobSandIA concludes, after reviewing documents, University of Iowa isn't giving sweetheart deal in asking Iowa Regents to sell Des Moines AIB campus for $12-million less than assessed value.

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ISU student from Clarion, IA, Zach Leist, takes student seat at Regents Ames meeting beginning Tuesday. @IAGovernor appointed him to UNI grad Rachael Johnson unexpired term.

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@ErinDMurphy @IowaPress @IowaPublicTV @IowaPublicRadio Hold your fire, @ErinDMurphy

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@USDA weekly crop updates shows that less than half of Iowa’s expected corn acreage is planted. That’s only the 5th in the last 40 that less than one-half of the expected corn acreage hasn’t been planted by May 12th.