Counties seek state funding for courthouse operations
Black Hawk County finance director James Brenner testified before lawmakers that counties fund courthouse maintenance, security and state operations housed in courthouses, urging a state contribution. He cited aging facilities and security needs, noting state occupancy levels in Black Hawk and Johnson counties and proposing dedicating court fees to counties for upkeep.
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James Bronner
Black Hawk County
Brenner
Black Hawk
Johnson County
Iowa
Scott
Linn
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Bob Kressig
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Grassley questions CMS over CoOportunity collapse during Senate hearing
U S Sen Chuck Grassley pressed Health Secretary Sylvia Burwell at a Senate hearing on the federal role in CoOportunity Health failure. Iowa regulators liquidated the nonprofit insurer after a liquidity crisis and CMS funding shortfalls.
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Chuck Grassley
CoOportunity Health
U.S. Health and Human Services
Sylvia Burwell
Senate
Iowa
Copportunity
Centers For Medicare
CoOportunity
Grassley
CMS
Mar
Ketplace
Gerhart
Coventry Health Care
Burwell
Taiwan plane crashes into river after takeoff
A TransAsia Airways ATR 72 with 58 aboard crashed into the Keelung River after takeoff from Songshan Airport in Taipei. At least 31 people died, 40 were accounted for, and 12 remained missing as rescuers retrieved the wreckage.
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TransAsia Airways
Taipei
Taiwan
Songshan
Kinmen Island
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Nangang
Aviation Authority
Keelung River
Peter Chen
Mainland Affairs Council
Beijing
Central
China
Taiwan Affairs Office
Lin Chih-ming
Penghu
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