Iowa considers law banning campaign lies with jail risk
Iowa legislators advance a bill to criminalize saying false or misleading statements about rivals in campaigns. The measure faces Senate committee scrutiny over enforceability and constitutionality with push polling debates and potential amendments.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate State Government Committee
National Conference of State Legislatures
Denver
Hawaii
Maine
Pam.Jochum
Dubuque
Linn County seeks to shield MHDD funds from 2002 cuts
Linn County faces a proposed $1 million reduction in state funding for mental health and developmental disabilities services under Gov. Tom Vilsack's budget. Officials warn the cuts may force service reductions or use reserves for one year, risking larger cuts in 2003. The MHDD budget totals about $20 million, with over $7 million from the state and local property taxes funding most of the rest.
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Craig Wood
Linn County
MHDD
Jim
Wood
Department of Human Services
Iowa tracks division over alternative teacher licenses bill
Rep. Mary Mascher blocked routine messaging of House File 670 to the Senate demanding a fiscal note. The vote to proceed passed 54 to 41, signaling ongoing pressure to place the bill on the Senate calendar before a Friday deadline.
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James Q. Lynch
Des Moines
Iowa City
Senate
Iowa
Mary Mascher
Iown City
House
Christopher Rants
Sioux City
Mascher
Nonpartisan
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Rants
Latham Seed founder Willard Latham dies at 89
Willard Latham, founder of Latham Seed Co and father of U S Representative Tom Latham, died Sunday at Hampton Care Center from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 89. Survived by Evelyn his wife five sons 12 grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Services set for Nazareth Lutheran Church Coulter at 1 30 p m.
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Hampton
Willard Latham
Alexander
Latham Seed Co
U.S
Tom Latham
Hampton Care Center
Latham
Evelyn
Latham Seed
Iowa Soybean Association
Direc
Willard
Bill
Donald
Thomas
Robert
Cedar Rapids
James
Clear Lake
Bluestem seeks lease for county land to expand landfill
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency asks Linn County supervisors to lease up to 200 feet of County Home Road landfill property to stage at least 30 trucks for a 13 acre cell expansion. Road damage and safety concerns delay approval as Bluestem aims to open the cell by November.
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Bluestem
Linn
Bluestein
Dostal
Houser
Steve Gannon
County Home Road
Cedar Rapids
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