Stimulus tax cut funds school projects and jobs plan
The bill preserves a personal tax break and expands unemployment and social benefits while funding transportation projects and energy efficiency measures. It aims to save or create millions of jobs and rebuild the economy, with bipartisan debate over tax relief levels and spending.
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Obama
White House
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut
John Boehner
Ohio
State Department of Transportation
Rod.boshart
Gazcomm.com
City weighs temporary flood defense plan for Cedar Rapids
City officials estimate a temporary flood protection system can shield downtown and several neighborhoods up to 24 feet on the river gauge, lower than the historic 2008 peak. East side and Rompot/Cedar Valley areas may remain unprotected, with buyout options or flood insurance urged. The plan buys time for a two year Army Corps feasibility study and potential decade-long move to a permanent system.
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Jim Prosser
Cedar Rapids
Ken DeKeyser
Jim Kill
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine
Oak Hill
New Bohemia
Cedar River
Eighth Avenue SE
DeKeyser
Anoth
Rompot
Cedar Valley
Kill
Army Corps of Engineers
Kris Gulick
Gulick
Lize
HESCO
Iowa City
Burlington
Dennis Barkmeyer
Paulsen pushes faster Iowa disaster recovery measures
Iowa House Minority Leader Kraig Paulsen urges quicker action on disaster recovery, proposing a package of measures using the Grow Iowa Values Fund and the Iowa Power Fund. He advocates waiving tax penalties in disaster areas, targeted credits, and aid for small business and building repairs. The governor signed a $56 million aid package last week.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette Des Moines
Kraig Paulsen
R-Hiawatha
Paulsen
Grow
Iowa
Iowa Power Fund
8-Cent gas tax hike moves forward in Iowa politics
Iowa lawmakers push an 8 cent per gallon gas tax increase with 4 cents this year and 4 more next Jan 1 to fund road and bridge needs. The plan aims to generate about 161 million in constitutionally protected revenue while cushioning impacts on border communities. A joint House Senate meeting will hear impact analysis from ISU economists as a 267 million annual deficit for transportation persists.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Tom Rielly
D-Oskaloosa
Senate Transportation Committee
Senate
House
Rielly
Iowa
Chet Culver
House Senate
Iowa State University
Drug czar seeks parity for powder cocaine penalties
Eastern Iowa readers learn that Iowa's drug czar proposes equal penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine. Currently 10 grams of crack triggers Class B penalties, while 100 grams of powder cocaine are required for the same charges. Gary Kendell, head of the GOCDCP, says the change would create fairer sentencing. Des Moines Bureau staff
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Gary Kendell
Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy
Artists' works chosen for Cedar Rapids federal courthouse
A panel selects five artists for the Cedar Rapids courthouse project including Basker Merkel-Hess Moos Wagener and successor to Hodges with Hodges commission withdrawn. The artists face public display in venues from living rooms to courts and the public. The panel includes architect William Rawn Judge Mark Bennett and museum curators. The commissions range from 10 000 to 235 000 with Hodges replacement pending. Merkel-Hess aims for a 5 foot sculpture and Basker plans a 9 foot wide landscape painting.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Easker
Harpers Ferry
Easker
Merkel-Hess
Basker
Mike Finn
U.S. General Services Administration
Chicago
GSA
Finn
William Rawn
Boston
U.S. District Court
Mark Bennett
Northern
District of
Iowa
Jim Hodges
New York City
Hodges
Moos
Wagener’s
Basker’s
Mount Ayr
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