Senate approves early retirement plan for Iowa state workers
The Iowa Senate approved SF 2062 sending an early retirement incentive to Governor Culver. Eligible workers with 10 years service could receive 1000 per year up to 25000 plus unused vacation pay and up to five years of health insurance with four payments starting next September. About 2261 workers could qualify.
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Des Moines
Chet Culver
Iowa Senate
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Senate
Culver
Iowa
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Executive Branch
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Houser
Carson
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Legislative Branch
Iowa panel refines bike safety and passing rules
A House subcommittee in Des Moines advances a proposal to require motorists to pass bicycles on the left with at least three feet clearance and to maintain safe distances from other vehicles. The measure adds protections for vulnerable road users and increases penalties for serious injuries or deaths, aiming to move SF 117 toward Gov. Culver's desk.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Chet Culver
House
Joe Bolkcom
Iowa City
Senate
Clel Bandler
R Greenfield
House Human Resources Subcommittee
Iowa and California spar over jobs and taxes in Capitol Digest
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger mocks Iowa while Iowa leaders respond with pride in state growth. Iowa lawmakers advance a biodiesel mandate proposal, expand free birth control for some women, and discuss coupling state tax rules with federal changes. A tax penalty waiver bill moves forward amid budget concerns and MMA age limits draw debate.
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Senate Human Resources Committee
Senate
State Department of Human Services
West Branch Mother Seeks Expanded Inheritance Rules
Patti Beeler of West Branch advocates Iowa law recognizing posthumously conceived children for inheritance and Social Security benefits. Beeler’s husband banked sperm before leukemia treatment. after his death she bore Brynn in 2003 and won a federal benefits case on appeal. Law professor Sheldon Kurtz supports a bill to treat all children as the legal offspring of their biological parents.
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As Moines
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Des Moines
West Branch
Iowa
Patti Beeler
Beeler
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Brynn
University of Iowa College of Law
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House
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