Chief justice pledges measures to boost female judge applicants
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice W Ward Reynoldson vows immediate action to raise women’s participation in judicial nominations. He proposes an education program for nominating commissions and a statute ensuring fair gender representation without constitutional amendment, aimed at increasing female applicants and judges.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
W. Ward Reynoldson
Reynoldson
Terry Branstad
Avenson
Doris Peick
Cedar Rapids
Women’s Caucus
Branstad
Peick
Best odds in world lure Lotto players
Iowa Lottery Commissioner Ed Stanek touts the new Lotto with 1 in 593 775 odds claiming the best worldwide. Players pay $1 to pick six numbers from 1 to 30 for weekly draws starting April 30, with jackpots varying by sales and parimutuel prize pool.
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Iowa
Ed Stanek
Cedar Rapids
Maryann Casalina
Scientific Games
Lotto
Stanek
Illinois
Lotto details Iowa instant game and six numbers draw
The noon start on April 30 offers six numbers on a one dollar ticket with four prize levels and a seven number option for seven dollars. Players may opt for computer generated picks. Weekly Saturday drawings at 6 28 pm televise via KWWL Channel 7. Jackpot paid in 20 installments. carries over if no winner.
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Farm crisis hits home in Zimmerman bid for lieutenant governor
Rep. Jo Ann Zimmerman reports Polk County bank pursuing her Dallas County farm over an $89 000 mortgage while livestock prices and land values fall. She says she and husband will fight foreclosure, seek an extension, and rely on time and personal funds as Branstad also reveals a farming loss.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jo Ann Zimmerman
Daukee
Polk County
Zimmerman
Ankeny State
Dallas County
Zimmermans
Branstad Signs Contractors Liability Law Despite Veto Appeal
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law a bill limiting liability for architects engineers and contractors in damage claims. Rep. Phil Brammer urged veto citing risk to hundreds of buildings across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Terry Branstad
Phil Brammer
Ccedar Rapids
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Brammer
Cedar Rapids
Branstad
Branstad frames beer tax hike as trade off in liquor plan
Gov. Terry Branstad left open the chance to approve a 72 percent beer tax increase as part of a package to end the state retail liquor monopoly. Democrats propose raising beer tax from 14 to 24 cents a gallon while removing a 15 percent liquor sales tax for bars and restaurants.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
House
Balloon championships move from Indianola to Battle Creek for five years
The National Hot Air Balloon Championships will relocate to Battle Creek Michigan for five years starting in 1987. The BFA board voted 5-4 after a recommendation from the events committee. Indianola will host a national balloon museum project with groundbreaking planned as early as this summer.
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Indianola
Battle Creek
Mich
Balloon Federation of America
BFA
St. Louis
Thompson
Peter Stamats
Cedar Rapids
National Balloon Museum Inc
House expands protection from liability to local governments
Des Moines lawmakers extended state level tort liability protections to local branches of government. The House had shielded local governments from most liability claims except malice or criminal activity, a change the Senate debated and then supported. The measure also exempts social hosts under dram shop laws. Debate paused with potential conference on the bill.
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