State Budget Revenue Up. Impasse May Ease
Projections show Iowa state revenues over 15 months totaling about 165 million dollars more than prior estimates. The REC forecast boosts current year and 2006 figures, offering negotiators flexibility on spending without raising the 36 cent cigarette tax, while lawmakers debate tobacco taxes and funding priorities.
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Competency hearing set in Christopher North murder case
A second competency hearing for Christopher North 25 of Charles City is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday in Floyd County District Court, potentially delaying his first degree murder and arson trial. North pleads not guilty to the July 10 2003 stabbing and decapitation death of Jason Kapping.
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Marines from Iowa unit delayed by plane trouble home
About 140 Marines of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, arrived at Des Moines airport nine hours late due to airplane trouble in California. They spent seven months in Iraq and were moved by bus to the Iowa State Fairgrounds for a homecoming with families and friends.
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Harkin to hold statewide Social Security meetings
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa will host public meetings in Cedar Rapids Davenport and Mason City on April 23 to discuss Social Security solvency and future. He plans a Des Moines stop April 24 with county briefings as part of a state wide canvass. He backs the Fix It Dont Nix It tour and rejects White House plans for individual accounts funded by payroll tax allocations.
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Man faces life sentence in jogger sex assault case
A jury convicting 33-year-old Martin Dreher of Council Bluffs found him guilty of first degree kidnapping for pulling a jogger off the Wabash Trail on Aug 18 and sexually assaulting her. The charge carries a mandatory life prison term.
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Iowa study links flu vaccine to fewer illnesses in young children
Iowa Department of Public Health report finds vaccinated children ages 6 to 23 months in Black Hawk Cerro Gordo Polk and Woodbury counties showed lower risk of colds fevers and hospitalizations from respiratory infections though results were not statistically significant due to lower than expected enrollment. The 2003 04 study funded by IA Department of Human Services and Wellmark Foundation notes vaccines may reduce influenza burden though data limited by early flu season and incomplete inoculations.
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Iowa Supreme Court urged to discipline attorney for dual roles
The griev ance commission says Bradley Howe did both prosecutor and defense work for the same defendants. Howe allegedly reviewed police records and contacted prosecutors while representing clients against charges from Spencer, including cases involving a 2003 drunken driving arrest and Michael Moow. He billed both the city and Moow for the case.
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Lawmakers push tougher Iowa sex abuse laws amid murder case
Iowa legislators from both parties say a looming death penalty debate will not derail a bipartisan plan to tighten sex abuse laws. A six member panel is crafting details while costs up to six million per year are debated. A life term for a second offense and tighter treatment rules are among proposals.
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Iowa Public Television
Iowa
Jesseta Gage
Cedar Rapids
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