Recycling bill clears panel in Iowa legislature
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a measure allowing local communities to extend tax exemptions on machinery and equipment used in recycling of waste plastics paper and paperboard. Debate focused on cost to local services and property taxes with a broader proposal under consideration in the Senate and tied to a potential Cedar Rapids recycling installation by Weyerhaeuser Paper Co. The bill aims to attract the waste management industry and supporters call it business friendly.
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Terry Branstad
Ways and Means
Darrell Hanson
R-Manchester
Mary Neuhauser
Iowa City
Hanson
Weyerhaeuser Paper Co
Cedar Rapids
Brammer seeks smoking injunction at Iowa Statehouse
State Rep Phil Brammer filed in Polk County District Court to declare the Iowa Statehouse Rotunda a smoke free zone. He seeks temporary and permanent injunctions against Gov Branstad and the Department of Public Safety and Department of General Services to remove smoking signs and ashtrays and enforce non smoking status unless authorized by the Legislative Council.
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Des Moines
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Cedar Rapids
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Terry Branstad
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Bill restricts pay for lawmakers who quit
Iowa Senate approves a bill letting lawmakers who resign before year end keep two thirds of that year’s salary. The remaining funds would be used to compensate a successor elected for a special session. The measure moves to the House for consideration.
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Emil Husak
Toledo
Water quality study shows profit can rise with better farming
A University of Iowa and Iowa State University study finds cleaner water and higher farm profits can go together. Researchers tested policy options over 18 months in 60 fields, suggesting research and education policies yield the best balance of water quality and profitability.
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Cheryl Contant
University of Iowa
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