LIHEAP aid tightens as moratorium ends and bills rise
Iowa residents with overdue electric and natural gas bills face possible shutoffs as the energy assistance moratorium ends. LIHEAP funds totaling about 11 million dollars remain available through April, with 76,000 households已 applied and 86,000 expected to use aid by period end.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Utility Board
Rob Hillesland
Jerry McKim
Liheap
Bill Brand
State Bureau of Energy Assistance Administrate
Brand
McKim
Senate
House
Late spring could delay planting in Iowa
The five month winter left Iowa’s corn planting pushed back with cooler than normal April and May forecasts. ISU experts say soil temperatures remain chilly with 34 to 41 degrees. farmers may shift to soybeans as drought and cold hinder corn. March and February were among the coldest on record, while November neared normal.
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Mark Licht
Iowa State University
Licht
Iowa
Virgil Schmitt
ISU
Hillaker
Schmitt
Senate panel backs 2015 education budget and state projects
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 986 million education budget for 2015 with a tuition freeze for state universities, 47.9 million for K 12 reforms, and 8 million more for community colleges. It also moved a 174.6 million judiciary plan and an 87.4 million Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund package funding building, technology and maintenance projects.
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Des Moines
Senate Appropriations Committee
Brian Schoenjahn
D-Arlington
Joint
House
Senate Higher Education
University of Northern Iowa
Senate
Regent
State Education and Blind
College Aid Commission
Terry Branstad
Schoenjahn
Chambers
Iowa State University
Sen
Jake Chapman
R-Adel
Iowa
Chapman
Judicial Branch
Transportation, Infrastructure and Capitals
Regent Capital
Subcommittee
Matt McCoy
Black Hawk Counties
Coralville
Cedar Rapids
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