Iowa House OKs foot in door plan for open bargaining
The Iowa House approved a foot in the door approach to require public employee bargaining sessions to be partly open. First offers would be revealed, with closing on request, to boost public awareness while avoiding posturing and inflexibility. The measure heads to the Senate with further changes possible.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
House
Chamber
Senate
Don Avenson
John Connors
D-Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Lake Mills
Robert Anderson
Newton
Iowa
Anderson
Knife assault charge filed in Buchanan
Independence police arrested 53 year old William J. Smith operator of Smitty's tavern in Independence on charges of assault. He allegedly attacked a 15 year old boy with a knife at the tavern on March 13 and was booked and released to appear in court.
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Independence
William J. Smith
Smitty’s
Iowa Legislative Bills Digest Summary of House and Senate Proposals
Digest lists bills across committees including SF384 on accessible apartments, SF2169 air transportation changes, SF2042 prisoner treatment changes, HF2063 council term language, HF2243 funding for state services including health and minority programs, SF2216 department reorganization for environment and natural resources, SF2221 annexation notice, SF2223 repeal of price discrimination, HF127 mining liability, HF211 vessel registration fixes, HF2294 addition of prazepam to controlled substances, HF561 weights and measures updates, SF2241 and SF2242 funding and retirement changes, HF2416 building named after Hubert Humphrey, HF2417 eight-year product liability limit, HF2418 public fund investments, HF2419 tort liability changes, HF2420 budget transfer notification, HF2421 county finance committee, HF2422 confidential documents access, HF2423 capital improvements and Hoover Building move, HF2425 capital improvements for Regents and facilities, HF2426 red-lining prohibition.
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Iowa
Department of Environmental Quality
Natural Resources Council
Soil Conservation Committee
City Development Board
House
Department of General Services
Hoover
Board of Regents
Department of Public Instruction and
Educational Radio- TV Facility Board
Commerce
Miller joins NFB as Iowa blind commission probe continues
Drake University law professor Dale Miller accepted an invitation to join the National Federation of the Blind while serving on Gov. Ray’s committee investigating the Iowa Commission for the Blind. He says his NFB membership won t bias the inquiry and notes his reputation for balanced analysis. He left Iowa for a 10 day Venezuela trip after meetings with Jernigan and Taylor.
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DES Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa Commission For the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
NFB
Commission
Drake University
Dale Miller
Steve Machalow
Miller
Kenneth Jernigan
Jernigan
John Taylor
Nolden Gentry
Gov. Ray
Committee
Pat Cavanaugh
Iowa
Venezuela
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