Prosecutors urge networked jails expansion plan in Iowa
Iowa County Attorneys Association and prosecutors from Polk Des Moines Muscatine and Black Hawk counties urge lawmakers to approve a 9.2 million plan to add 200 beds across Fort Dodge Ottumwa Sioux City and Davenport with 3.8 million annual operating costs. They pair this with a 1.5 million expansion of treatment programs for 400 more offenders.
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Vilsack blasts GOP plan cutting veterans home beds
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack condemns Republican budget plan that would cut about 98 beds at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown and trim salaries, risking 79 health care jobs and 40 percent of his recommended salaries as part of a larger clash over next year’s budget. The governor warns the cuts hurt veterans and calls for protecting their care.
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House OKs funding cut may close rural work force centers
The Iowa House approved House File 696 by 61 34 cutting unemployment surcharge funds for workforce centers. The move would cap funding at 6.25 million and potentially close 26 of 56 rural centers next year with more cuts possible. Eastern Iowa centers in Iowa City Mount Pleasant Keokuk Independence Decorah Oelwein Manchester Monticello Maquoketa and Washington are funded by the surcharge.
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