Ray's tax cut push stalls amid party tensions
Des Moines Gov. Robert Ray shifts from a full sales tax cut on home energy to a winter exemption as legislative leaders push indexing plans. House Ways Means backs tax bracket changes while Ray warns of revenue limits. Senate debates product liability and a creation theory bill as unemployment compensation reform dominates House agenda. Grassley fans stir about a potential 1980 Senate bid against Culver.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
House
Charles Grassley
Grassley
John Culver
Iowa
Tom Stoner
Iowa Governor Continues Tax Debate On Indexing Plan
Gov. Robert Ray backs permanent tax relief while opposing House indexing of brackets. Lawmakers debate whether indexing would be inflationary as Senate tax measures advance. Ray warns against reducing state revenue and cites Brazil’s former indexing to urge caution.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa
House of Representatives
House
Gov
Ray
Brazil
Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means
James West
R-State Center
West
Walt Conlon
Muscatine
Conlon
Lowell Norland
Kensett
Stephen Rapp
Waterloo
Rapp
Three Die On Iowa Highways In Friday Crashes
A 13-year-old New London boy died after a car struck a bicycle on Highway 34 between New London and Danville. Earlier, Steven Guthrie 24 of Milford and Kevin McDowell 23 of rural Thor died in separate crashes. Through March 101 people have died on Iowa roads, ten more than last year.
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New London
Danville
Anthony Lee Bryant
Bruce Bryant
Steven Guthrie
Milford
Kevin McDowell
Thor
McDowell
Webster County
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Cooperation seen essential to endure Iowa energy squeeze
Des Moines reports Ed Stanek of the Energy Policy Council and Gov. Ray urge voluntary energy conservation as a crisis looms. Plans include residential energy evaluations, small business workshops, infrared leak detection, carpool and teen driving education, school energy curricula, and retrofitting state buildings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ed Stanek
Energy Policy Council
Carter
Stanek
Robert Ray
Center For Industrial Research and Services
CIRAS
Iowa State University
Registrations Due for Boats in Linn County
Linn County boat registrations expire April 30. About 6,000 of over 10,000 boats have renewed. Renewals by mail or in person require surrender of current registration. Office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Pat” Kane
Linn County
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