Hog Wild instant lottery ties poker to pigs in Iowa
Iowa lottery launches Hog Wild instant game featuring a wild card pig to match with card symbols. A $50,000 grand prize draws on three aces. $1 tickets reveal five symbols with odds about 1 in 1.7 million. Critics question gambling framing and timing remains unconfirmed.
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EL Moines
Lottery
Lord, Sullivan and Yoder
Paul Stanfield
Iowa Inter-Church Agency For Peace and Justice
Lotto ad budget eyed to educate Iowans on new game
The Iowa Senate backed a House plan to spend 850000 to educate residents about the new lotto game. Gov. Branstad will decide. Sen. Rife urged the need, while Sen. Dieleman criticized gambling as a path to economic recovery.
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Branstad
Lottery Commission
Iowa House backs altered buy American vehicle bill
The Iowa House adopted a narrowed buy American measure 64 to 31, allowing state agencies to pay up to 5 percent more for American or Canadian vehicles and giving preference to Iowa made merchandise when possible. The bill returns to the Senate with a focus on North American parts rules and sparked flatly divided debate over costs to Iowans and potential trade harms.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
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North American
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North America
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Lawmakers loosen rules for asbestos workers’ benefits
DES MOINES AP Workers who contract pneumoconiosis would qualify for workers compensation more easily under a bill approved by the Iowa Senate. The bill eliminates the 60 day exposure requirement and now heads to Gov. Branstad for signing. Senate floor manager Sen. Don Gettings described difficulties in confirming asbestos related disease among installers or removers of asbestos insulation.
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D-Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Waterloo
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House
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D-Ottumwa
Iowa Senate approves bill to open township offices
The Iowa Senate approved a bill 46 to 3 to allow residents of incorporated cities within rural townships to serve as clerks and trustees, addressing population decline and hiring difficulties. The measure, already passed 93 to 0 in the House, heads to Gov. Branstad for signature.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
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