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Chris LaFerla

@claferla

Executive Director at Community Education Foundation | Passionate supporter of education efforts in Council Bluffs | Working to improve lives through education

 Council Bluffs, IA
Joined July 2012
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Rubio says he will vote no on Republican tax bill without changes, other GOP senators voice concern bit.ly/2BsDOJF
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Healthcare funding for children in need should not be a partisan issue! #CHIP nitter.gq/SArtiga2/status/938512…
Samantha Artiga (@SArtiga2) profile pictureSamantha Artiga@SArtiga26 Dec 2017
Our NEWLY UPDATED #CHIP data show that 16 states project they will run out of federal funds before the end of January 2018
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Education Advocates Already Filing to Run in 2018 State Elections edwk.it/2z8E9iT #education
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The legislature won't have much new revenue (if any) to work with this session, but there are things they can do to support schools that won't require additional funding, like eliminating the sunset on the SAVE fund, which allocates a penny of sales tax to school infrastructure. nitter.gq/CBCommSchools/status/9…
CouncilBluffsSchools (@CBCommSchools) profile pictureCouncilBluffsSchools@CBCommSchools12 Dec 2017
Board of Education and Superintendent Dr @VickieMurillo discuss education legislation with our legislators. Thanks to all our elected officials! #cbproud
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Education is the vehicle to a strong workforce, economic growth, and improved quality of life. nitter.gq/NSBAComm/status/939848…
National School Boards Association | NSBA (@NSBAPublicEd) profile pictureNational School Boards Association | NSBA@NSBAPublicEd10 Dec 2017
Public schools can be the great equalizer. Regardless of poverty, ethnicity or situation in life, education can strengthen & open up the world for all students. #equity #standup4publicschools
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Senator .@NateBoulton alerts Iowans to our impending childrens' health care crisis. Boulton asks Iowans to contact Congress and to press Gov Reynolds to speak out on this urgent issue. Full video and text: facebook.com/senatorboulton/…

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Hawk-i provides health care to kids who otherwise would go without. Federal support expired months ago and Congress has failed to renew it. Call Iowa's members of Congress and tell them to...

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Chances you get Ebola from a nurse: 0/300 million Chances you'll die by gunshot: 1/10K This has been today's Worry About the Right Shit
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How Iowa scientists are fighting to get climate change on the political radar thkpr.gs/3585455
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Government threatens to cut off for-profit colleges unless their students start getting jobs thkpr.gs/3586330
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How Houston’s biggest polluters are buying Texas’ elections at the expense of its residents thkpr.gs/3584670
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