Iowa ranks mid in sales tax burden and education spending
Des Moines IA Iowa ranks 32nd in per capita sales tax collections, 25th in total state and local tax collections, and 28th in per capita personal income. It also shows 20th in per capita property tax and varied rankings in education and public services, indicating an average overall tax burden with higher government spending in several areas.
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Plant stock and trees sale with mortgage rates at CITYLINE
Local ad lists potted nurse stock and fruit trees with prices such as 18.99 and 25.99 for Evergreens 3 gal 19.99 and 49.99 for Purple Ash 10. It also promotes today’s mortgage rates via CITYLINE calling 363-7000 category 1700.
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Ray to host health care forum on TV
Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray leads a televised health care reform forum aired in 83 communities. The program from University Hospitals features panelists from Iowa interest groups and covers the national forum Condition Critical.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Robert Ray
Cedar Rapids
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Leadership Consortium
Man fined for keeping 26 dogs in Council Bluffs home
Council Bluffs resident Erwin Thormahlen was fined 728 dollars for housing 26 unlicensed dogs indoors. Neighbors complained of constant barking and aggression. He has 30 days to pay the fine, with 28 dollars per citation, while the city moves to restrict households to four dogs without a license. He also faces Illinois misdemeanor charges for animal cruelty and public nuisance.
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Erwin Thormahlen
Ron Ulmer
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Center fined for using residents funds at Liberty Square
A care center in Nora Springs, Liberty Square, faces a $500 fine and possible license revocation after the Iowa DIA charged it with writing 2014.29 dollars in checks from nine residents without consent. The checks dated Aug 13 to Dec 20 were found after a Dec 23 complaint. an appeals hearing is pending.
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Nora Springs
Iowa
CIA
John Schaffner
Mount St. Clare College Names New Leader
James Ross will be inaugurated Saturday as the ninth president of Mount St. Clare College. He previously led Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus in Olean, N.Y. from 1987 to 1991, succeeding Charles Lang who moved to All Saints Church in Cedar Rapids.
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Olean
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Cedar Rapids
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