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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 2017
Page
1
Iowans crowded a Des Moines hearing as Republicans moved a 7.245 billion FY2018 budget. Critics cited cuts to victim services and a prison system, urging lawmakers to preserve funding and understand frontline impacts.
Senate Republicans unveiled a revised water quality plan aimed to raise about 50 million dollars by 2021. The plan uses proceeds from the water metering tax and adds gambling revenue. Funds would be available after bonds for community attractions and tourism destinations are paid off.
The article notes Branstad signs a texting and driving bill while a medical cannabis measure moves forward. It mentions Ways and Means committees backing a new funding approach, with opponents calling it a stopgap. It contrasts with a proposed long term funding source such as a three eighths of a penny sales tax increase approved by voters.
Iowa City Fire Department Special Operations Response Team used lumber, saws, nail guns and city equipment Monday to shore up a corner of the former Pleasant Valley Nursery on South Gilbert Street. The drill, part of emergency building shoring training, involved fortifying a partially collapsed building and rescuing a man mannequin. The department has lacked a dedicated training facility since December 2014 after vacating a three story tower in the floodplain. the land is now slated for Riverfront Crossings District development south of downtown toward Highway 6.
Donors gave 96.1 million to U S House campaigns in Q1 2017, a 45 percent rise from two years earlier, with Republicans raising 49.8 million and Democrats 46.3 million. The surge reflects partisan fundraising as Trump begins his presidency and groups on both sides push donor activity.
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