Legislature weighs taxes and raises amid GOP push
Senate Majority Leader Cal Hultman surveys caucus as Holden urges rescinding part of 8 percent state employee raises to curb taxes. Debate centers on windfall profits tax and telephone tax with potential lawsuits from oil firms over revenue projections.
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R Davenport
Holden
Treasury
Murray
Senate
Cal Hultman
R-Red Oak
GOP
Jenkins
Ways and Means
House
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Shell Oil
Hultman
IE fights rehearing over proposed rate changes for Iowa Electric
IE seeks rehearing on a commission order that would impose higher future tax expenses on ratepayers or Iowa Electric stockholders and calls for a flat monthly charge of 3.17 dollars plus usage-based bills. The utility argues the order shifts costs and disputes the timing of a cost of service study. The filing also challenges ending the employee discount for nonunion workers and cites constitutional equal protection concerns.
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Commission
Iowa Electric
Commisson
Hinckley deemed not criminally responsible for Reagan shooting
Government seeks mental health disposition for Hinckley and asks to admit enlarged shooting targets from his Colorado home. They argue the targets prove practice with firearms and intent, supporting a verdict of insanity rather than prison. Prosecutors urge medical testimony on Reagan’s injuries and the bullets used as admissible evidence.
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Barrington Parker
Hinckley
Evergreen
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Reagan
Killian's Sues Over Sale Ads Misleading Bankruptcy Message
The Gazette ads implied a liquidation sale for Killian's during Chapter 11 proceedings, while Killian's seeks to stay in business. Thinnes argues the primary purpose is rehabilitation, not a court ordered liquidation. The court ruled the ads misleading to readers.
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Killian’s
Gazette
Thinnes
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