Gazette Daily News Podcast, October 14
University of Iowa has suspended its search for a new for a new health care VP and medical college dean.
After narrowing down the search to four candidates, administrators extended an offer to one of the finalists, but the finalist declined due to family obligations. UI Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel said “I am sorry that we could not come to an agreement, but we certainly respect the candidate’s decision…We will re-evaluate the search process and launch it again as soon as possible. We are eager to find candidates who share our exciting vision for the growth of the university’s health care system and for the Carver College of Medicine.”
Brooks Jackson, the university’s current vice president for medical affairs and medical college dean — who announced plans to resign in February — has agreed to continue serving at the helm until UI hires a successor.
Then Jackson will remain on the faculty as a professor and researcher — just not in the administrative role.
Kim Reynolds earns top mark for fiscal responsibility in conservative group’s report.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds received the highest grade for fiscal responsibility among the nation’s governors in a report issued by the conservative Cato Institute.
The biennial report grades governors on their fiscal policies from a limited government perspective, and awards higher grades to governors whose states have cut taxes and spending, according to the Cato Institute.
Reynolds said in a news release from the governor’s office: “Iowa prides itself on stewarding taxpayer dollars with care and an eye toward growth…That means exercising restraint in our spending and taking every opportunity to return tax dollars to the hardworking Iowans who generated them in the first place. This is their money — not the government’s — and they have a right to expect their own representatives to act like it. I’m grateful to the Cato Institute for recognizing that Iowa does so.”
Today marks the 2nd day of The Gazette’s 2022 Iowa Ideas.
Iowa Ideas is an annual virtual conference designed to gather Iowans from all perspectives to explore, discuss and offer solutions on issues impacting the state. Today’s schedule includes Speed Networking, and two sessions of panels across nine different tracks including Art & Culture, Community Development, Education, Energy and Environment, Heath Care, Human & Social Services, Policy, and Workforce. Registration is free, and all panels will be available as replays on IowaIdeas.com.
