Early-out plan resurfaces in Iowa state government
Gov. Tom Vilsack's administration weighs a new early retirement program to avert potential layoffs of hundreds of state workers. Mollie Anderson, head of the DAS, says several voluntary options are studied and a likely plan may emerge. She notes unions were approached about reopening bargaining terms but are comfortable with current provisions through June 2005.
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Gazette
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UI Budget Gap Shrinks as UI Faces 5 Million Shortfall
Iowa City University of Iowa faced a 5 million budget gap with 4 million tied to tuition shortfalls, per UI President David Shorton. The proposed 2004 revision outlines 82 anticipated job eliminations due to 7 million in imposed cuts, including 37 faculty, 19 professional staff, and 26 administrative roles, plus an 800,000 cut to AI funding.
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Stiffer penalties pursued for Iowa snowmobilers
Prosecutors increasingly treat drunken snowmobile use as an offense under the motor vehicles section rather than the snowmobiles code. This shift elevates charges and penalties beyond traditional misdemeanor levels.
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Iowa
Snowmobiles Return to Eastern Iowa Ditches
After a two year snow drought, snowmobiles reappear across Eastern Iowa raising questions about legality. DNR official David Downing says interstate right of way riding is illegal and unsafe while ditches along other roads may be used if conditions are met.
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Laverne Jasper
East Amana
Orlan Love
Gazette
Iowa
David Downing
Department of Natural Resources
Gambling expansion eyed with five casinos in Iowa
A House State Government subcommittee urged allowing up to five new casino licenses at ten million dollars each, with locations at least fifty miles apart. The plan aims to grow gambling in Iowa while restricting proximity, potentially affecting Cedar Rapids. The recommendation, reported from Des Moines, notes the veto on higher state spending remains separate.
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Proposals in gambling bill boost five casinos and tax
A House subcommittee proposes a gambling bill to allow five new casinos and remove cruising requirements. It sets a 22 percent tax on all casinos, raises to 26 percent for race tracks with table games and riverboat to barge conversions, bans underage gambling with a 500 dollar fine, lengthens referendum waiting from two to eight years, bans cash and credit machines, and creates a Gambling Treatment Fund capped at a million dollars.
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Minnesota researchers build ethanol to hydrogen reactor
University of Minnesota scientists report a prototype reactor that converts ethanol to hydrogen with greater efficiency and lower energy input than current fossil fuel based methods. The device is smaller and could, paired with a fuel cell, generate nearly enough energy to power an average home.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
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Scientists outline compact reactor for renewable hydrogen
Scientists in a study reported in Science describe a small reactor built in a laboratory that could produce renewable hydrogen more cheaply than current refinery processes. Led by chemical engineer Lanny Schmidt, the design envisions a hydrogen driven fuel cell about the size of a coffee cup, offering economical, small scale hydrogen production.
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Science
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