Senate approves complex Iowa tax bill in 28 to 22 vote
The Iowa Senate passes a sweeping revenue update that alters individual and corporate taxes. The measure expands retirement plan deductions, extends depreciation rules, phases out some taxes, and offers 70 percent business tax relief for equipment, while raising taxes on high income filers, dividends, and interest and removing the marriage deduction. Senator Rolf Craft defends the bill saying it supports growth. critics warn of higher state taxes for many and a new minimum tax. Please turn to page 15A: Taxes.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Rolf Craft
Decorah
Senate
GOP Defection Over Reagan Budget Sparks Senate Clash
Senate Budget Committee chair Pete Domenici sharply criticizes the fiscal year budget 91.5 billion deficit proposing defense cuts and three year domestic spending freezes. He warns a stalemate could trigger a deep recession and dangerous global slowdown. Reagan aides report mixed progress after a White House meeting.
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Senate
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Domenici
Reagan
Congress
White House
America
Court backs off video dispute
The Supreme Court sent back a Mesquite Texas video game case by a 7 2 vote to a federal appeals court asking whether state or federal criteria were used to strike down a city ordinance banning video game play for youths under 17 without a parent. The court offered no guidance to local governments weighing similar measures and warned a ruling may not come for about a year. Americans spend about 9 billion annually on coin operated video games.
Law angers C R teens on arcade entry limits
Three Cedar Rapids teens at the Pinball Place express anger over proposed laws banning persons under 17 from video game arcades without a parent. They cite unfairness and defend arcades as harmless spaces for youths like Joe Chesmore, 14, who says school-hour bans would not bother him.
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Second Ave
the Gazette
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Texas
United
Joe Chesmore
J St. SW
Weight reducing salon sign joke invites customers
A storefront sign outside a weight reducing salon cheekily reads Come in and shoo the fat. The caption notes the humorous tone of the sign and its use in a copyright context.
Marion kindergartner stars on Dukes of Hazzard toy box
Kevin Tibodeau six year old son of Allen and Julie Tibodeau of Marion is the cover boy on Ertl Co. Dukes of Hazzard toy boxes and in an Ertl catalog. Photographer Bob French from Marion arranged the shoots. Kevin says he may become a football player and stunt man when grown, with proceeds saved for college.
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Tom Fruehling
Marion Ou
Toy Wholesalers Association of America
Rubik’s Cube
Kevin
Ertl Co
Bob French
Ertl
French
Marion
Tibodeau
Doreen
Tibodeaus
Eril
JC Penney’s
Minnesota
Social workers clash with DSS reforms over client harm
Connie Sarchet a Johnson County social worker with nine years at the Department of Social Services was named February employee of the month before an involuntary transfer to the child abuse unit. The Cedar Rapids district faces large staff cuts and reassignments amid statewide cost saving.
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Vanessa Shelton
Connie Sarcher
Johnson County
Department of Social Services
Sarchet
DSS
Cedar Rapids
Tion
Bob Miskimen
Miskimen
Larry Jackson
the Gazette
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Dixie Clark
Sargeant
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