Branstad Ignores Call for Special Session on Budget
Gov. Terry Branstad said a special legislative session to redo the 1991 budget remains possible but not desired. He warned of fiscal gymnastics in final spending and deappropriation moves that could double spend, raising concerns over ending balances and potential layoffs.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
ES Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Democratic leaders tout accomplishments after long Iowa session
Democratic leaders in Iowa highlighted a lengthy 91 day session ending with a post session tour arguing lawmakers should be judged by achievements not adjournment time. They touted environmental initiatives waste reduction recycling and energy independence while noting education funding measures and agency restructuring fell short.
Court fund pays $150000 to victims of dishonest lawyers
Iowa Supreme Court and state bar fund paid two claims totaling 150230 in 1989. The largest payment 150000 covered misdeeds by Cedar Rapids attorney R Fred Dumbaugh, already jailed for embezzlement and revoked. The other claim involved Donald E Poyner of Fairfield. Eight claims were denied.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Bar Association
R. Fred Dumbaugh
Cedar Rapids
Bar Association
Dumbaugh
Iowa
Donald E. Poyner
Fairfield
Poyner
Iowa districts increase shared superintendents and grade sharing
A state study by the Bureau of School Administration and Accreditation finds 100 of 436 Iowa districts share superintendents. Grade sharing has grown from 10 districts in 1985-86 to 84 currently, with consultants increasingly hired to study restructuring as districts anticipate changes lasting beyond 1995.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bureau of School Administration and Accreditation
Insurance deputy resigns state post
DES MOINES Kevin Howe, executive assistant to Iowa Insurance Commissioner William Hager and chief spokesperson for the Iowa Insurance Division, announced his resignation effective at the end of April. Howe will join Des Moines law firm Smith Schneidler Stiles Mumford Schrage Zurk Wimner & Hudson, P. C., which has an extensive insurance practice.
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Gazette
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DES Moines
Kevin Howe
Iowa Insurance
William Hager
Iowa Insurance Division
Howe
Smith Schneider Stiles
Mumford Schrage
Zurek Wimner & Hudson, P.C
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