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Iowa City Daily News Links: Iowa City Schools Getting Cramped, Occupy Structure a No Go?, And Bad News for Ron Paul

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Influential Republicans seem dubious that Ron Paul can win the election.

Patch blogger Audrey Wiedemeier writes about a city council candidate in Iowa City that will be held tonight.

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We have a nice gallery up of photos from the University of Iowa .

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Occupy Iowa City's desire to build a structure is not going over well with city government, writes Dora Grote of the Daily Iowan.

Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that elementary school enrollment in the Iowa City School District is almost 200 more than projections had indicated. At the same time, Meghan Horihan of the Daily Iowan reports the district may be looking to cut teacher positions this budget cycle.

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen writes that the Charles Thompson misstrial cost Johnson County $30,000.

Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen covered a local roundtable that centered on politics and President Obama's job performance.

Five Republican candidates plus one of Mitt Romney's son have RSVPed for Iowa's annual Ronald Reagan Republican dinner.

A MegaBus driver operating a bus in Iowa was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

The who was caught in a prostitution sting has resigned, but some parisioners want him to return.

Daily Links Excerpt (of the Day): Feldmann said the number of students is up, but she added the final amount most likely will not be as close to the nearly 200 reflected in the report. Students in special education classrooms were not included in the study but Feldmann said secondary classes saw a similar increase.

“Certainly there are some classrooms where there is some discomfort,” she said


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