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Bill to set rules for college sports clears first procedural vote in US Senate

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday moved forward on a sweeping bipartisan bill that would set national standards for college athletes’ compensation. The measure breezed through its first procedural vote that needed 60 senators to advance, 74-24. The legislation is the latest congressional push to overhaul the college sports landscape, which continues to wrestle with a patchwork of state name, image and likeness laws, gender inequity in compensation deals and the NCAA’s controversial transfer portal, among other major issues. Supporters see the bill as the last chance to ...

FBI’s Patel dodges questions on election interference at rambunctious US Senate hearing

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties jockeying for control of Congress, several Democratic senators wanted assurance from Patel, under oath, that the FBI would not send agents into polling places. “Do you pledge that you will not, in any way, interfere in the will of the ...

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As a Dodger, she has been a singer, performer and musician. “I have been involved in three musicals at FDSH,” Stephan said. “I was Nana in ‘Tuck Everlasting,’ Countess Lily in ‘Anastasia,’ and Alice Beineke in ‘The Addams Family.’ "What I have enjoyed most about these is when we get to see the set for the first time and I feel like my character has come to life.” Stephan got involved in the fine arts after auditioning for the middle school musical in sixth grade. “My family has always played many instruments and had a love for the stage,” Stephan said. ...

Iowa lotteries

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Community Calendar

TODAY Daybreak Rotary Club: 7 a.m., Triton Cafe board room, Iowa Central Community College. PICA (Pride in Community Appearance): 9 to 11 a.m., meet at the parking lot area at Kenyon Road and Eighth Street. Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery Center: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 20 N. First St. Free admission. The Fort Museum and Frontier Village: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 1 Museum Road. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for students with ID, military, veterans and seniors, $4 for children ages 5-17 and free for children ages 4 and younger. Fort Dodge Noon Kiwanis: Noon, Pizza Ranch, 3311 Fifth ...

All Chiefs in season opener

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — So many people seemed to be focused on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and how the two-time MVP's surgically repaired left knee would hold up in Kansas City's season opener against the Broncos, that they forgot all about Kenneth Walker III. The reigning Super Bowl ...