Senate votes to keep deferred judgments in drunk driving cases
Iowa Senate rejects banning deferred judgments for drunk driving but adds that any granted must suspend the driver’s license 30 to 90 days. The measure creates a per se intoxication level of .13 percent BAC, affecting prosecutions and potential convictions.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Statehouse
Bud Kudart
Bob Rush
Cedar Rapids
Senate
State Department of Public Safety
Governor’s
Highway Safety Office
Kudart
Rush
Linn
Linn County
Polk County
Johnson
Polk
Gary Baugher
Ankeny
James Wells
Iowa students rush for grants and loans amid aid uncertainty
Iowa College Aid Commission sees a surge of applications as students rush to secure aid next year. The agency has run out of loan applications for participating banks in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and grant applications are about 20 percent ahead of last year. Executive director Willis Ann Wolff says uncertainty about federal funding and a proposed shift to need based aid drives early applications.
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DES Moines
Iowa College Aid Commission
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Willis Ann Wolff
Bill would ease effect of liens on homeowners
Iowa House approves a bill to curb double payment when subcontractors place mechanics liens after homeowners pay prime contractors in full. The measure requires prime contractors to reimburse subcontractors within 30 days or face exemplary damages up to 50 percent of the due amount, aiming to shield homeowners from double liability.
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John Pelton
R-Clinton
House
Senate
Pelton
Atkins Women Injured When Car Goes Into Ditch
Two young Atkins women were treated at Mercy Hospital after their car left a country gravel road and entered a ditch about 140 miles southwest of Atkins. Driver Laurie Doubek, 26, is in good condition with lacerations. Passenger Rebecca Van Diver, 25, is in fair condition in intensive care for observation.
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Atkins
Mercy Hospital
Laurie Doubek
Rebecca van Diver
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