Iowa ICN faces rate hike amid supplemental funding fight
A legislative battle in Des Moines over a $900,000 ICN funding request could trigger higher hourly video rates for schools, colleges, and state users. The Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission weighs a $1 across the board rise as lawmakers debate subsidizing the network rather than shifting costs, with rates long frozen since 1992.
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Osterberg Announces Democratic Senate Bid With Series of News Conferences
Mount Vernon Democrat David Osterberg launches his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate with a schedule of news conferences across Iowa including Dubuque Davenport Des Moines Council Bluffs Sioux City Fort Dodge Webster City and the University of Northern Iowa. He faces Waterloo lawyer Dave Nagle for the nomination and targets incumbent Republican Charles Grassley. Osterberg accuses Grassley of a poor environmental and campaign finance reform record.
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The Iowa budget panel voted to cap annual advertising by Prairie Meadows and Bluffs Run casinos at 4 million dollars or 4 percent of adjusted gross receipts, whichever is higher, amid free speech and gambling concerns. A separate bill debates deer hunting licenses and dep permits with non residents getting extra licenses and a dep mandate debate.
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