Hike in cigarette tax eyed to fund Iowa parks and lakes
House Speaker Don Avenson proposes a 2 cent increase in the cigarette tax to raise about seven million dollars yearly for land purchases and development of artificial lakes bike trails and wildlife habitats. He says strong public support needs a year of education and outlines a council to guide spending while exploring other funding ideas.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Wisconsin
Iowa
Avenson
Iowa Conservation Commission
General Assembly
General Fund
House
Don Avenson
the Recreation and Conservation Fund
Iowa House OKs changes in compensation boards
The Iowa House approved a bill 63 to 32 changing how county compensation boards are formed. The measure requires boards to include members from the board of supervisors and county offices such as attorney, auditor, recorder, clerk, sheriff, and treasurer, while retaining biennial salary schedule setting. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Des Moines
UPI
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Senate
Quad City Downs manager backs one Des Moines track for parimutuel
Quad City Downs owner James Patten told Iowa lawmakers he supports parimutuel betting but favors a single Des Moines track as the viable market. He noted the Quad Cities market is smaller than Des Moines and urged a focused study on capacity to support one track in central Iowa.
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Ken Sullivan
Zette
Des Moines
James Patten
Iowa
Patten
Quad City Downs
Illinois
Davenport
Omaha
Quad Cities
U.S
Iowa House slows jobs bill scheduling for week of March 14
Iowa Democrats push a multi proposal package to create jobs with ideas ranging from a 5 to 10 million public works plan to a 200 million highway bond program. Rep. Michael Connolly says drafts exist and bills will be released next week for debate the following week. Acknowledges coordination with Senate members.
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Jack Woods
D-Des Moines
Iowa
Michael Connolly
D-Dubuque
the Gazette
House Finance Committee
Connolly
Lowell Norland
D-Kensett
Norland
Terry Branstad
Richard Warn
D-Solon
House of Representatives
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