Iowa senator pushes ban on physician assisted death
Des Moines Cedar Rapids Democrat Sen. Richard Running leads a bill to revoke licenses and impose penalties on health professionals who assist death by own action. The proposal targets providers who knowingly enable suicide with a Class C felony and up to ten years in prison and a Class D felony for supplying means. It contrasts a separate measure by Sen. Al Sturgeon that would permit physician assisted death for terminally ill patients with two physician approval.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sen
Richard Running
Jack Kevorkian
Iowa
Michigan
Running
al Sturgeon
Sioux City
Senate Democrats push to expand Iowa jobless benefits
Senate Democrats unveiled a plan to extend unemployment insurance to at least 4 650 additional workers. The measure would change benefit calculations, allow seasonal workers at the taxable wage base of 12 800 to qualify, remove pension and severance pay deductions, and extend aid to about 1 500 Iowans who do not qualify for federal extended benefits. The proposal costs 12.7 to 14.1 million dollars, funded from the unemployment trust. Critics questioned solvency amid a 4 percent state jobless rate and a potential 7 percent national rate.
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Des Moines
Senate
Democrats
Michael Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Bill Hutchins
Terry Branstad
Unem
Branstad
Richard Vohs
State Department of Employment Services
Vohs
Iowa legislators call for ethics overhaul and independent commission
At a hearing in Des Moines lawmakers said Iowa ethics codes are vague and urged specifics. They backed replacing ethics panels with an independent ethics commission and increasing nonlegislator membership. Separately the Senate approved a bill to remove the governor’s appointment power over the Department of Education director, sending it to the House for likely veto.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Peterson
House
Senate
Department of Education
Local Classifieds Featuring Sales and Community Events
A dense page of local advertisements lists a Cooper Clayton Stop Smoking clinic at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. with a $125 fee, art listings at Grant Wood Tourism Center, an antique show, bingo events, charity fundraisers for MDA, and various shops offering sales, meals, and services across Marion and Cedar Rapids areas.
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Cooper/ Clayton
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
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Iown
Michael Peterson
D-Carroll
Reform Committee On
Senate Democrats
Joe Welsh
D-Dubuque
California
Tees
Ethics Commission
Darrell Hanson
Manchester
Gover
Weather Shield Corp
Grant Wood
Parson Weems
Grant Wood Tourism Center & Gallery
East Main
Anamosa
Whippoorwill
1St Ave
Adv
Gazette
MDA
Jefferson High School
D.E.C.A
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Sheraton Hotel
Veteran’s Coliseum
Sat
Sun
Attention Eagle
Salt River Project
Eagles Club
Indian Mall
Marion
Emerald Knights
2Nd Ave
S.E. Adu
Newhall
Friendship Force
Susan Clark
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Grand Ave
Winifred
Johns Brothers Interiors
Chuck Scholl
Green Square
Covington Church
Disney World
the Travel Co
NAACP
Ninth St. SE
Mark Reinertson
D.O
Pediatric Medical Center
A Ave. N.E
Michael Zmoos
Fairfax Grain Seed
Pierson's Florists
Florist
United Tours
Waverly
Schumacher Carpet
4Th Avenue SE
Washington
Washington High School
Hart Tax Service
7Th Avenue
Hawkeye Downs
Rapids Aids Project
Grant Wood Area
The
American Red Cross
42Nd St. NE
Edgewood Plaza
N.W
Red Cross
Family Service Agency
First Ave
Johnny's Parkway
Marion Raen
Sigma Eyehealth Center
Sandy
Davis, Jones, Lamb Insurance
Pizza Village
Mister Perfect
Joens Construction
Saxony
Royelle
Cambray
16Th Ave
Rosary
Boston
Pierson’s Flowershop
West
East 395
Center Pt. Rd
Energy Seminar
Ali Ao
Pete
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