Gas tax hike moves forward in Iowa legislature
Iowa House Transportation Committee approves a 10 cent gas tax increase to fund a $215 million annual shortfall in road repair and construction. Identical bills move to Ways and Means committees. bipartisan support cited with Democrats split on votes. Governor Branstad and lawmakers have bargained over the measure amid pressure from cities and counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa House
Transportation Committee
House
Senate
Josh Byrnes
Rosage
House Transportation Committee
Senate Transportation Committee
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Terry Branstad
Jim Lyham
D-Davenport
Lyham
House Democrats
Scott Newhard
Newhard
Senate pushes wage hikes and broadband drive in Iowa
Senate Democrats advance a plan to raise Iowa minimum wage to 8.75 by 2016 and strengthen wage theft protections, but GOP opposition looms. A broadband expansion bill to connect 25 000 Iowans moves in the House with a subcommittee vote and Republican support, eyed for committee approval next week.
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Senate
Iowa
Iowa House
Senate Labor and Business Relations Committee
Rick Bertrand
Sioux City
Bertrand
Tony Bisignano
D-Des Moines
Terry Branstad
House
Peter Downie
West
Des Moines
Chris Hall
Clinton tops Iowa field in Quinnipiac Swing State Poll
Clinton leads in Iowa Virginia and Colorado in head to head matchups with potential 2016 Republican rivals. Huckabee Paul Bush Walker and others trail Clinton in Iowa while female voters give her wide margins and independents tilt toward her. Bush faces tougher White House tie challenges across the three states.
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Liz Martin
the Gazette
Hillary Clinton
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Senate
Bruce Braley
Clinton
Iowa
Des Moines
Virginia
Colorado
Peter Brown
Quinnipiac University
Kentucky
Rand Paul
Quinnipiac
Arkansas
Mike Huckabee
Paul
New Jersey
Chris Christie
Florida
Jeb Bush
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
White House
Bush
Iowa Poll Finds Bush and Clinton Voter Reactions in Iowa
Quinnipiac survey of 1,089 Iowa voters shows 35 percent less likely to vote for Bush due to White House ties, 18 percent less likely to vote for Clinton because of her husband, and 77 percent saying Hillary being a woman makes no difference. Town is Clinton’s strongest in Iowa among independents. Christie is the weakest Republican in the poll.
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Jeb Bush
Brown
Iowa
Bush
White House
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Christie
Quinnipiac
Iowa City groups oppose regents funding plan for state universities
Iowa City Area Development Group and other groups call the proposed enrollment and performance based model isolating and harmful, warning it would pit UI ISU and UNI against each other and threaten faculty and research talent. Regents and lawmakers weigh a shift that would reallocate funds based on resident enrollment and metrics.
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Iowa
Iowa City Area Development Group
Board of Regents
State Education Appropriations Subcommittee
ICAD
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
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Mark Nolte
the Gazette
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