Rally for Trayvon Martin, Hunger Games Reviewed, Von Maur Injunction Rejected: Iowa City Daily Links, March 27

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I'll take that trade. Welcome back, unusual warmth!

On to the Links!

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gathered in the Pedestrian Mall yesterday for a rally/vigil calling for justice for slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin.

Don't know what the hype about the Hunger Games is all about? Well some local junior high and elementary school students with Iowa City Patch.

How the death of a pet to your children? That's what we're asking on this week's Parent Talk.

Meet Swisher the , our Iowa City Adopt this Pet of the Week.

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Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that another JECC director has stepped down.

The attempt by a Coralville group to stop the move of Von Maur from Coralville to Iowa City was struck down by a judge yesterday, writes Beth Bratsos of the Daily Iowan.

Iowa Law faculty weighs in on the legal ramifications of Obamacare being considered by the Supreme Court this week.

Eldon Giannakouros of the Daily Iowan writes about changes to the Iowa City School District's industrial arts programs.

The trial for the local daycare provider accused of failing to report child abuse has been set for April 10, writes Lee Hermiston of the Press-Citizen.

The makers of the Iowa Nice Video have a new low budget series about actors trying to make it after being marooned in Iowa.

Jenny Earl of the Daily Iowan writes that local health officials are planning ahead to prevent a measles outbreak later this year.

A new law that passed the Iowa Senate would require background checks for school bus drivers.

Both local authorities and motorcyclists are wary after a recent spate of motorcycyle fatalities this past week.

The debate over MidAmerican's proposal to use increased user fees to pay for a future nuclear power plant continues in the state house.

Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery's salary is starting to look more and more like a bargain.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, has said that the House is so far agreeable with the changes made in the Senate. Some of the changes include a provision that calls for MidAmerican to have financing in place before beginning construction. Another would require the utility to carry out construction once state regulators approve a new plant.

Hogg and others contend that the bill – regardless of the changes made in the Senate – leaves ratepayers in a position to pay for hundreds of millions of dollars in studies and potentially never see a power plant.

The amendments Hogg proposed today would limit MidAmerican to a $50 million cap on the amount that could be recovered from customers before a nuclear plant is put into operation. Hogg fears the company could spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a plant that is never constructed, needlessly increasing rates.

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