Iowa Film Office tightens tax credit oversight after scandal
Interim director Jessica Montana outlined a standardized process with audits by the Iowa Department of Revenue and Attorney General Office. About a third of 158 projects have had registration revoked. 24 have tax credit certificates, 30 approved but without contracts, and 45 contracted projects expect to spend $246 million in Iowa with credits up to 25 percent of expenditures.
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City Times
Davenport
Iowa Film Office
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Jessica Montana
State Department of Revenue
Attorney General's Office
Montana
Economic Development Department
Kay Snyder
Snyder
ISU races to reopen Hilton Coliseum after flood
Iowa State University continues cleanup after Squaw Creek overflow damaged Hilton Coliseum with 14,000 seats. Volleyball shifts to Ames High, basketball aims to open Nov 4 exhibition, with Madden Pollard Geoffroy and Miller supervising. Estimated costs run into millions as crews remove debris and replace seating.
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Squaw Creek
ISU
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Hilton
Cyclones
Jamie Pollard
Gregory Geoffroy
Warren Madden
David Miller
Pollard
Geoffrey
Madden
Ames
Conlin slams Grassley for only one debate
Roxanne Conlin accuses Sen Grassley of ducking her by agreeing to a single face-to-face debate as she campaigns to replace him. She urges many joint meetings and criticizes tax cuts for the wealthy while defending her Microsoft lawsuit stance. Grassley's camp did not respond.
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Grassley
Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Roxanne Conlin
U.S. Senate
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Soap Box
Microsoft
Iowa activists demand tougher action on factory farms
More than 50 members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement urged Culver administration officials to crack down on large animal confinement operations. They pressed interim DNR director Pat Boddy to tighten water protection rules and deliver a rule-making petition to close manure spread loopholes, alleging Iowa’s waterways are among the dirtiest. They delivered letters calling for a new DNA director who prioritizes people over polluters.
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Rod Boshart
Widnes Bureau
Des Moines
Citizens’ Action
Culver Administration
Iowa
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Pat Boddy
Boddy
Chet Culver
Richard Leopold
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Rich Leopold
Vern Tigges
Carroll
CCI
Wallace State
Culver
Leopold
Boshart
Gazcomm
Corm
Narcisse proposes tax cuts and spending overhaul for Iowa
Independent gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Narcisse calls for eliminating the state income tax after 40 hours weekly, phasing out corporate tax, trimming sales tax to 3 percent with exemptions for food and medicine, and linking property taxes to purchase prices. He urges zero base budgeting to fund essentials and slash bureaucracy, plus consolidating agencies and reducing K 12 administration while expanding workfare and inmate work programs.
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Mumes Oureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Jonathan Narcisse
Narcisse
Law Enforcement Academy
Juvenile Justice Division
Iowa Department of Human Rights
Regent
Des Moines Register
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