GOP May Have Primary For State Treasurer In Iowa
Two Republicans consider runs for state treasurer while Democrat Mike FitzGerald holds the seat since 1982. Story County Treasurer Dave Jamison has filed to explore a race. Dyersville Mayor Jim Heavens announces plans to seek the nomination. Jamison, elected in 1994, is a Marine Corps veteran with service awards and club memberships. Heavens, mayor since 2003, brings experience from the livestock feed industry and corporate career.
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Story County
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Dyersville
Jim Heavens
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Tax credit review public meetings scheduled
A panel of executive branch officials will start a review of state tax credits with a public meeting at 9 a.m. on December 15 in Room 159 D and E at Kirkwood Center for Continuing Education Cedar Rapids. Gov. Culver asked six state agencies to assess oversight accountability transparency public reporting and costs and to decide which programs to continue cut back or eliminate chaired by Department of Management Director Dick Oshlo.
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Cedar Rapids
Chet Culver
Department of Management
Dick Oshlo
Iowa ag department trims staff under budget cut
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship laid off two workers in its Animal Industry Bureau and an Ankeny lab to meet a 10 percent across the board cut ordered by Gov. Culver. Ag Secretary Bill Northey said no further layoffs are planned this fiscal year ending June 30, with 38 non contract staff on 12 days mandatory leave without pay and multiple program cuts totaling $5.2 million, reducing the department’s budget from 22 million in FY09 to 16.8 million.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Department
Chet Culver
Animal Industry Bureau
Ankeny
Ag Department
Bill Northey
Afscme
Northey
Iowa Farmers Market
Murphy denies quid pro quo with unions over budget concessions
Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy says no deal exists with unions that agreed to five unpaid days off to balance the budget. He notes unions, including AFSCME Iowa Council 61 and State Police Officers Council, will still face votes on labor-backed measures. The prevailing wage bill failed to pass as Cedar Rapids flood recovery and infrastructure plans loom. Murphy cites credit to unions for concessions while stressing no promised legislative favors.
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Charlotte Eloy
Oes Moines
Gureau Johnston
Iowa
Pat Murphy
American Federation of State
County
Ees
Iowa Council 61
State Police Officers Council
Murphy
IPTV
Town Press
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Organized Labor
Ilona
Six-Pack
Iowa lawmakers seek one year flood tax relief extension
Iowa members of Congress propose a one year extension of disaster tax relief for residents harmed by 2008 floods tornadoes and storms. The plan would allow tax free withdrawals from retirement plans to repair or replace homes and exclude canceled mortgage debt from taxable income.
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James Q. Lynch
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Chuck Grassley
Bruce Braley
Dave Loebsack
Midwestern States
Braley
Multiple Cedar Rapids area suspects face various theft and burglary charges
Public safety and county attorney records show numerous accusations across Eastern Iowa. Individuals named include Michael Schmitt, Nicole Meier, Ethan Atkinson, Ronald Chittick Jr., Troy Henry, Steven Hamilton, James Wachendorf, Ian Koehler, Joshua Bradshaw Jr., and Benjamin Walker, among others, with alleged shoplifting, second and third degree theft, identity theft, and burglary in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Coralville, Maquoketa, and surrounding areas. The Log detention and Kmart incident are noted, with offenses at Von Maur Lindale Mall and local stores.
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Michael Schmitt
Nassau St
First Avenue
Nicole Meier
Edgewood Road
Ellis Boulevard
Ethan Atkinson
Miller Ave
Miller Avenue
Ronald Chittick Jr
13Th Ave
14Th Avenue
Troy
Drug charges in Minnesota and Illinois cases filed
Gary L. Green 61 of Lakeville Minnesota faces possession with intent to deliver after three bags of marijuana were found November 28 in a Best Western Cooper's Mill Hotel room. Willie E. Cunningham 44 with no address given is charged with possession after cocaine found during a November 17 arrest for suspected public intoxication in Marion. Guy E. Armstrong 50 of Rock Island Illinois is charged with second degree robbery for striking a security officer. Dale B. Ward 23 of Sioux City Iowa faces child endangerment after leaving two children ages 4 and 7 behind while attempting to flee.
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Gary L. Green
Lakeville
Minn
Best Western
Cooper's Mill
F Ave
Willie E. Cunningham
Southview Dr
Marion
Guy E. Armstrong
Rock Island, Ill
Dale B. Ward
16Th Ave
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