Vilsack proposes Strategic Housing Trust Fund consolidation
Governor Tom Vilsack announced a plan to consolidate 11 state housing funding streams into a Strategic Housing Trust Fund. The fund, capitalized by 7.5 million state dollars plus assets from the dissolved Iowa Housing Corp., could leverage up to 1 billion from outside sources over a decade. The goal is to improve efficiency and expand housing options for renters, homeowners, and seniors statewide.
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Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Tom Vilsack
Vilsack
Iowa
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Iowa Finance Authority
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Iowa Housing Corp
University of Iowa
Iowa mulls restrained ban on backyard burning
Iowa officials seek a phased approach to end backyard burning without immediate fines. The plan would let communities with recycling programs up to three years to ban burning, with February 14 as the deadline for those without programs. Tina Mowry of the Metro Waste Authority urges rapid action due to health risks from leaf smoke.
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Iowa Environmental Protection Commission
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Metro Waste Authority
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Des Moines Area
Calving Duty Calls Des Moines Panel Member Away
Pam Sessions a Bloomfield veterinarian and state Economic Development Board member asked to be excused from a Thursday telecon to handle an emergency. The chair said the meeting could proceed with enough members, and Sessions left to assist with the birth of a calf nearby Bloomfield.
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Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Pam Sessions
Bloomfield
State Economic Development Board
Sessions
Lois Eichacker
Fort Madison
Water loo Toe Package Turns Out To Be Dog Specimen
A Waterloo postal worker thought a marked toe package held a human toe but a veterinarian opened it and found a dog's toe. The parcel, aimed at Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, had fallen from a larger container at the Waterloo post office. Laboratory head Gary Osweiler noted the lab receives hundreds of specimens daily.
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Iowa State University
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
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