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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019

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June 23rd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University has sanctioned one of its sororities for hazing, but few details were disclosed. The Des Moines Register reports the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority has been given a deferred suspension through May 2021 because of the hazing reported by two of its members.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn University says its president, Steven Leath, is leaving after two years on the job. The university said in a statement Friday that Leath and the Board of Trustees’ presidential assessment working group mutually decided to part ways. Before going to Auburn in 2017, Leath was president of Iowa State University and vice president for research and sponsored programs for the University of North Carolina System.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The digital world’s data must be stored somewhere. Lawmakers want to give Illinois an even chance of ensuring it’s stored here. In its final weeks in May, the Legislature added a package of business-friendly initiatives to state budget legislation now awaiting action by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Chief among them are tax breaks for data centers, often-monstrous facilities that centralize an organization’s information technology operations equipment and store, manage and disseminate data.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A vote to fill a vacant Iowa House of Representatives seat for northwest Ames has been set for later this summer. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday announced the special election will be held Aug. 6 to replace former state Rep. Lisa Heddens. Heddens, a nine-term Democrat, resigned from her seat earlier this week to serve on the Story County Board of Supervisors, leaving the House District 46 seat open.