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Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., Dec. 17th 2015

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December 17th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa health officials have lowered the state’s projected savings for switching its $4.2 billion Medicaid program to private care. The Iowa Department of Human Services provided documentation to a legislative committee on Wednesday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The head of the department that oversees Iowa’s flagship history museum says the building is in serious need of repairs and will require financial help from the Legislature. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Director Mary Cownie told a group of lawmakers Wednesday it’s “an absolute embarrassment” that the State Historical Museum in downtown Des Moines has water leaks that require the facility’s atrium to be littered with buckets.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans, this week’s presidential debate in Las Vegas highlighted a brewing fight to define the party’s foreign policy posture. The fault lines exposed by heated discussions between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky about a potential U.S. imposed no fly zone clashing with Russian jets over Syria reflect a party still in flux after President George W. Bush’s unpopular Iraq war.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Hillary Clinton says she wants to build on the Obama administration’s push for higher taxes on people earning $1 million or more. Warren Buffett joined the Democratic presidential candidate Wednesday at a campaign rally in Omaha, Nebraska. The famous investor says he would be “delighted” to see Clinton take the oath of office.