Gasohol tax hike tied to subsidies for producers
Iowa House adopts a plan raising gasohol tax by 3 cents per gallon and directing $3 million from the general fund to subsidize ethanol producers. The move aims to bolster road funds while supporting local ethanol plants, drawing mixed votes and future action.
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Judy Daubenmier
Tette
Mes Moines
Sui Lu
Des Moines
Iowa
House
Larry Pope
Ray Lageschulte
R-Waverly
Lowell
Norland
D-Kensett
William Harbor
R-Lake Mills
Walter Conlon
R-Muscatine
Pro
Harbor
Lageschulte
Senate
Candidates Must File Soon for Primary Elections
Prospective candidates for county offices have one week to file for the June 8 primary with the county auditor by 5 p.m. April 14. Ballot slots include county attorney, treasurer and recorder across multiple counties. Poweshiek includes treasurer and recorder only. County boards of supervisors up for election vary by county, with Delaware County adding sheriff on its ballot and Cedar County featuring the auditor’s office on the ballot.
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Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Iowa
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Muscatine
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Board of Supervisors
Poweshiek
Delaware County
Auditor’s
Cedar County
Icy Highway Fatality in Dyersville Area
A 61 year old Dyersville man died after his eastbound car collided with a semitrailer on icy Highway 20 between Earlville and Dyersville. The truck driver 58 year old Richard Parker of Grand Prairie Texas was taken to St. Marys in Dyersville in stable condition. It was the fifth traffic fatality from Mondays snow storm.
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Dyersville
Earlville
Iowa State Patrol
James Francis Huberty
Richard Parker
Grand Prairie
Texas
Parker
Huberty
St. Mary’s
Humeston
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Weldon
Cary Kline
Kenneth Kline
Kline
Iowa House votes to outlaw look-alike drugs in 97 0 decision
Des Moines voters hear that the Iowa House passed a measure to criminalize sale and advertisement of imitation controlled substances and look-alike drugs such as baking soda sold as cocaine or oregano sold as marijuana. The bill imposes aggravated misdemeanors and Class D felonies for selling to youths, with forfeiture provisions and triple fines on first offenses.
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House
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Doug Ritsema
Orange City
Turkey
Ritsema
Rapp
Diane Brandt
Cedar Falls
Walter Conlon
R-Muscatine
Conlon
Senate
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