House Passes Stiffer OWI Bill In Iowa Vote 81 to 15
Iowa lawmakers adopt a tougher drunken driving standard 0.08 BAC to secure nearly 64 million dollars in federal highway funds over five years. The measure faces Senate review and could reach Governor Tom Vilsack’s desk soon. Critics warn it targets money, not victims, and raises constitutional questions about federal coercion.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Des Moines
Senate
Tom Vilsack
Clel Bandler
Greenfield
Iowa
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Bandler
Congress
House
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State savings proposed by Vilsack administration
Iowa lawmakers viewed a draft from The Public Strategies Group outlining at least 88 million in annual reductions for the next fiscal year. Highlights include a 27.5 million cut to local aid, moving the homestead credit to the income tax, 5 state parking fine limit, and a 12 million boost in employee health cost controls, with details pending.
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Public Strategies
Bill Dix
House Appropriations Committee
Lamberti
Vilsack
Iowa House committee advances clergy as mandatory child abuse reporters
Iowa lawmakers consider HF 57 to add clergy alongside teachers physicians and other professionals as required reporters of suspected child abuse. The bill aims to include clergy in state law for reporting abuse by caretakers while acknowledging debate over scope and phrasing.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Des Moines
A Till Malong
House
Iowa
Iowa Senate OKs 195 Million for Corrections and Safety
The Iowa Senate approved Senate File 36 a 195 million supplemental budget to restore cuts in corrections and public safety funding The measure funds 6 6 million for the Department of Corrections to avoid officer furloughs and prison costs at Anamosa and Fort Madison 1 7 million for Public Safety including trooper narcotics investigation and fire marshal posts and 2 3 million for indigent defense along with funds for Woodward Glenwood Mount Pleasant and other facilities.
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Rod Boshart
Gazette
Des Moines
Corrections and
Public Safety
Tom Vilsack
Senate
Vilsack
State Department of Corrections
Anamosa
Fort Madison
State Department of Public Safety
Woodward, Granger
Mount Pleasant
State Department of Human Services
Child Welfare Services
Iowa Senate
Glenwood
Woodward
Department of Public Safety
Department of Corrections
Iowa lawmakers form private working groups on key issues
House and Senate leaders create bipartisan working groups to study economic growth Medicaid property tax and other topics. They plan private meetings with limited public access raising concerns about secrecy and the potential need to go through committee review once ideas become concrete. Rep. Kuhn warns secrecy can harm the process.
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Jeff Lamberti
Ankeny
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mary Kramer
Iowa
Stewart Iverson
12 Apostles
Mark Kuhn
Ccharles City
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