Public employees urged to cover all Social Security taxes
Iowa lawmakers debate a plan to have state or local employers pay the full Social Security tax for their workers. The move would cut employees taxes and reduce IPERS contributions, with Benton Community School District cited as a model showing net savings of about 24 500 dollars. Supporters say both sides gain. critics warn of lost state revenue and call for IPERS funded by new money.
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Des Moines
Independence
Iowa General Assembly
Kenneth Miller
Iowa
Miller
General Assembly
Robert D. Ray
Phil England
Benton Community
England
IPERS
The
Gazette
Congress
Horace Daggett
R-Lenox
House Social Services Committee
Daggett
Gov
Ray
Sen
John Murray
R-Ames
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
House
John Nystrom
R-Boone
Halvorson
Nystrom
Legislature's Week Highlights Tax Relief Plan Passage
Iowa lawmakers sent a major tax relief bill to Gov. Ray reducing commercial real estate tax increases by about 19.9 million and shifting most burdens to the state. The measure includes home stead exemptions and local school funding boosts, plus a plan allowing cities to levy emergency taxes with voter approval. The week also featured debates over a $30 million reduction in Ray’s supplemental appropriations and a tense push for a 15 million cut, while a library records bill drew House passage and Senate referral.
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Des Moines
68Th General Assembly
Robert D. Ray
House
Senate
Gov. Ray
Phil Tyrrell
North English
Cal Hultman
Red Oak
Sen
John Murray
Ames
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ray
House Repubblicans
Tyrrell
Representatives
Hultman
Murray
Rep
Richard Welden
Iowa Falls
House Appropriations
General Assembly
Iowa
Appropriations
The
Friends of the Public Library
Polk County
Muscatine
State pay for court ordered evaluations eyed by committee
A Iowa Senate Government Committee moved to require the state to cover the full cost of court ordered psychological evaluations at Oakdale. Current law splits 80 percent to counties and 20 percent to the state, with projected costs rising to about 5.2 million dollars over ten years. Legislature wary of higher long term costs and chances of approval this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oakdale
Senate
Youth Cited for Work in Linn County Summer Program
Rick D. Coleman, 19, of 1612 B Ave NE, receives the Department of Labor Summer Excellence Award for leading a weed cutting crew in the 1979 Summer Youth Employment Program. He earned a plaque and a $500 savings bond at HACAP central office ceremony. Francis Weber of Walker named outstanding worksite supervisor. Coleman later worked for Cedar Rapids Streets Department. Weber supervised North Linn School maintenance crews. The program, run by HACAP with DOL funding via Linn CETA office, supported low income youths in Linn County.
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Rick D. Coleman
B Ave
Linn County
Department of Labor
Coleman
Hawkeye Area
Eighth Ave
Francis Weber
Walker
The
Cedar Rapids
Weber
North Linn
HACAP
Linn
Marion Community Center Weekly Activity Schedule
The Marion Community Center lists daily activities from Monday to Friday including basketball sessions at various times, senior citizen potluck, dance lessons, Headstart, baton lessons, and a Park Board meeting. A complete senior citizen activity listing is on Sundays Gazette Growing Older pages.
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Marion Community Center
Lubber
Senior Citizens
McLeod
Margrave
YMCA
Mel Rhodes
Danish Lodge
Marion student attends Presidential Classroom session
Marion briefs note Sarah Morgan daughter of Charles and Mrs Morgan 1005 17th Ave Regis student attended a week long session in Washington DC to observe federal government operations. Also mentions local ads and a 30 years ago recall of coal talks collapsing in Washington.
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Sarah Morgan
Charles Morgan
17Th Ave
Regis
Presidential Classroom
Washington, D.C
Firefighters Vote Set After City-Marin Agreement
A tentative agreement ends a fact finding in Marion between the city and Marion firefighters. City Manager Carl Ramey said terms will be released after the firefighters and city council vote, with the firefighters slated to vote Sunday.
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Marion
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