Iowa Senate to take up SILO tax and road fee plan
As the 2008 session nears adjournment, Iowa lawmakers push a House-passed SILO measure to convert countywide school infrastructure taxes into a statewide 6 percent sales tax and debate a compromise motor vehicle fee package to cover a projected transport funding shortfall. The plan phases in higher registration costs based on weight and value, with exemptions and penalties under a bipartisan but contested process. The session also weighs a pilot city fee concept and a beefed up open meetings and records overhaul, while senators signal possible adjournment within days.
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Rod Boshart
Gazette Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
GOP
Ron Wieck
Sioux City
Gronstal
Pat Murphy
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Mitchellville
Chet Culver
Iowa Veterans Home
Wilson joins Iowa Child Welfare Advisory Committee
Anita Daniels Center alum Tiffany Wilson, foster youth advocate and Elevate member, was appointed to Iowa's 15 member Child Welfare Advisory Committee by Governor Culver. The Maraquanne transition program aids former residents with life skills, budgeting and work readiness as she builds toward college and independence.
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Iowa
Chet Culver
Wilson
Awinnwnes
Elevate
Anita Daniels
Marion
Horizons Family-Service Agency
Commission
Huntington’s
Iowa studies show fewer drunken driving charges in five years
Northern Iowa counties record decline in operating while intoxicated citations from 803 in 2002 to 712 in 2007 amid higher fines and lower blood alcohol limits. Iowa also participates in a 12th grade reading and math pilot by the National Assessment of Educational Progress with 11 states, including New Hampshire and others, starting next year.
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Mason City
Concord
N.H
Iowa
National Assessment Governing Board
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New Jersey
South Dakota
West Virginia
Fires Destroy Ten Cabins and Burglaries Reported Near Big Pine Lake
Ten structures were set on fire and three were burglarized Sunday near Big Pine Lake in Pine County Minnesota. Fire crews from seven departments and the DNR responded after a 4 30 a.m. call, with investigators examining footprints in snow and a state fire marshal probe underway. No injuries were reported and authorities noted similar incidents in adjoining Aitkin and Kanabec counties.
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Finlayson, Minn
Big Pine Lake
Pine County
Mark Mansavage
Big Pine Road
Finlayson
Mansavage
Department of Natural Resources
Aitkin
Kanabec
Record ammonia pollution across Iowa water supplies
State officials report record ammonia levels in Iowa rivers and waters after fertilizer was spread on frozen ground and ice trapped ammonia. Des Moines Water Works faced higher disinfection needs and briefly sourced alternate water. Calls grow for winter manure and fertilizer spreading bans, with debates over farmers’ options and past failed rules.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Des Moines Water Works
Roger Wolf
Iowa Soybean Association
Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance
Randy Beavers
Raccoon
Mary Skopec
Iowa
Skopec
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Susan Heathcote
Iowa Environmental Council
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Christina Gruenhagen
Wayne Gieselman
DNR Environmental Services Division
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Gazcomm.com
Karen Hoyt
Gae Sharp- Richardson
Sharp-Richardson
Uim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Iowa News
Associated Press
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