Branstad weighs ICN partnership with private bidders
Gov. Terry Branstad expressed interest in a joint venture using INS bid while preferring state ownership of the ICN backbone. INS proposed 103 million for all ICN assets or 64 million for backbone. Branstad would allow private capacity sales but keep state control with open bidding. Legislature debates ICN governing board and full school hookup costs.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Iowa Network Services
INS
Branstad
ICN
Iowa House advances 15 million ethanol plant and cattle feedlot plan
The Iowa House approved a 4 million incentives package to lure value added farm processing projects. A BEIFF and Iowa Producers Cooperative venture seeks a 15 million dry milling ethanol plant near Blairstown with a 3 000 to 5 000 head feedlot to use plant stillage. The project would employ about a dozen for the plant and half as many for the feedlot, with funding from state, local investors, and banks.
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Dave Kuetei
Wazette
Iowa House
Wayne Newton
Benton and
Eastern Iowa Farm Feeders
Beiff) Cooperative
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Newton
BEIFF
Iowa Producers Cooperative of
Vinton
Blairstown
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Iowa State University
Pension bill boosts pay for Iowa government workers
Des Moines AP report says more than 140000 state and local workers would gain up to 700 dollars a year under House approved pension legislation. The measure alters the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System rules and allows workers to pay their pension contribution from pre tax income.
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Des Moines
House
Dorothy Carpenter
R-West
Iowa
Iowa Senate passes bipartisan juvenile justice bill
The Iowa Senate approved a 49 to 0 vote on a $3 million package to curb youth violence. The measure tightens gun rules for minors, increases penalties, and creates two treatment oriented youth programs while scrapping a governor's boot camp proposal.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Ralph Rosenberg
Ames
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Terry Branstad
Eldora
Juvenile Court
Campbell backs limits on livestock facilities in Iowa
Iowa Attorney General Bonnie Campbell backs stronger rural zoning to control large scale commercial livestock confinement operations amid environmental concerns. Gov Branstad consigns the issue to study while a 20 member Environmental Agriculture Committee investigates impacts on wells water and air quality.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Bonnie Campbell
Terry Branstad
Campbell
Organization For the Protection of the Environment
Iowa
Franklin
Hamilton
Wright
Benton
Wright County
Blaine Nickles
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University of Iowa
Institute For Economic Research
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Michelin
Mr. Goodwrench
First Avenue S.E. P
E-Gmc Coope
Rementh
Emera
Westdale Mall
David Osterberg
Dount Vernon
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Arco Barber
Cottage Grove Place
1St Avenue SE
John Elliott
Primevest Financial Services, Inc
Judy Cheney
Chris Crosby
1St Ave
E. College St
Iowa City
AT Mercy
American Cancer Society
Mercy Cancer Center
Mercy Medical Center
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