Branstad reflects on life after Iowa Governorship
Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, now 53, discusses life in the private sector after leaving office in 1999. He notes a relaxed pace, ongoing opinions, and plans to enter the financial services industry while avoiding a return to politics. He remains proud of steering Iowa through the farm crisis and achieving a large budget surplus.
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Terry Branstad
Terrace Hill
Capitol Hill
Iowa
Lake Mills
Des Moines
Branstad
Branstad and Associates L.C
West Des Moines
Lamar Alexander
GOP
University of Iowa
Tom Vilsack
George W. Bush
Washington
National Governors’ Association
Robert Ray
Medicaid budget shortfall to be funded from unspent state funds
Vilsack administration officials said Iowa will cover a 6.9 million shortfall in Medicaid by transferring reverted funds from other agencies. The $422 million budget was exceeded by 1.6 percent last year, prompting discussions of waiting lists for child care and higher costs for seniors, disabled Iowans, and nursing home reimbursements. House Speaker Siegrist criticized the move as a political blame game amid the current fiscal year’s funding of 421 million from general funds plus 25 million from tobacco settlement proceeds.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Vilsack Administration
State Department of Management
House
Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Executive Branch
Iowa
Bond stays at 100000 for Des Moines woman in child death case
An 18-year-old Des Moines woman, Melissa Newman, will keep a $100,000 cash bond after a Polk County judge refused to lower it. She is charged with vehicular homicide for a crash that killed 5-year-old Cassie Mahedy while she rode a tricycle.
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Des Moines
Melissa Newman
Cassidy Mahedy
Robin Sprafka
Polk County
Newman
Dean
Nancy Newman
West Des Moines
Robert Wilson
Cassi
Mark Mahedy
John Wellman
Iowa
Department of Corrections
Wilson
Teresa Vens
Vens
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