Branstad presses ahead with state worker furloughs plan
Gov. Terry Branstad moves to implement furloughs of up to 18 days this fiscal year to cover a 19.2 million court ordered pay rise. Up to 8,000 union workers and additional staff could be unpaid, despite objections from House Speaker Arnould and Senate President Gronstal.
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Terry Branstad
House
Bob Arnould
D-Davenport
Senate
Michael Gronstal
Council Bluffs
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Arnould
Gronstal
Richard Vohs
Regents
Gretchen Tegeler
State Department of Management
Don McKee
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 61
McKee
Supreme Court
Afscme
Tegeler
Iowa House approves four million in ethanol incentives
The Iowa House passed a 4 million dollar ethanol incentive plan 56 to 42 sending it to the Senate. The program offers 20 cents per gallon of ethanol produced with a cap of 800 thousand dollars per company per year, starting at 3 million and rising to 4 million annually, funded from highway funds. Supporters say it boosts a key state resource and job creation amid weak demand, while critics warn of cost and windfalls to large firms like Archer Daniels Midland.
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Arnould
Iowa
Senate
House
Branstad
Des Moines
Dan Petersen
R-Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Keokuk
Hamburg
Eddyville
William Harbor
R-Henderson
Archer Daniels Midland Co
Josephine Gruhn
D-Spirit Lake
Victims push to extend dating violence laws in Iowa
In Des Moines advocates and victims pressed for a change to Iowa domestic abuse statutes to cover dating couples, arguing current law excludes non-marital relationships. Opposing counsel from Attorney General Bonnie Campbell cautioned the measure could overreach and raise enforcement costs.
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Des Moines
Laura Huss
Rita Morrow
Bonnie Campbell
Roxanne Ryan
Julie Fleming
Campbell
Iowa Wins 500000 Grant to Retrain Ex Workers
The U S Department of Labor awarded 500000 in federal funds to Iowa to train 250 dislocated workers. Sen Charles Grassley said the money comes from the Job Training Partnership Act and will fund assessment job search help remedial education vocational training on the job counseling transport dependent care and relocation assistance through the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
Washington
U.S. Department of Labor
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Grassley
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Tax-fighting group urges 10 percent Iowa workforce cut
The Ko wan s for Tax Relief president David Stanley urged Iowa officials to trim state payroll by 10 percent via attrition, halt automatic spending rises, and avoid tax increases to solve a budget crisis. He argued for school funding reforms and closing regional offices to save hundreds of millions, while backing a constitutional spending limit.
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Des Moines
Iowa
David Stanley
Muscatine
Stanley
Statehouse
Stanley and
Robinson
Iowa panel leader backs accreditation group for teachers
Iowa Senate Education Committee chair Michael Connolly urged four major universities to rejoin the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Drake Norene Daly and ISU leaders voiced concerns about the process as Drake and ISU, plus Iowa and Northern Iowa, plan to drop membership. Arthur Wise of the accreditation body met officials to discuss the move and the value of accreditation.
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Iowa
Iowa Senate Education Committee
Dubuque
Michael Connolly
National Council For Accreditation of Teacher Education
Norene Daly
Iowa State University
Drake
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University of Northern Iowa
Arthur Wise
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