Iowa General Assembly Faces Budget and Education Battles
Week two of the 69th General Assembly saw a state arbiter rule for an AFSCME salary dispute, granting 8 percent raises over two years. Republicans pushed a $1.264 billion K-12 funding bill through the House, with Senate support likely. A proposed windfall from Reagan tax cuts sparked Democratic talk of extra education money, while a Fort Madison inmates class-action prompted a federal judge’s preliminary order. The Senate debated soil erosion repeal and a Republican-driven $11.1 million budget cut. The House eyed daycare licensing liberalization and mandatory registration.
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69Th General Assembly
Statehouse
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
House of Representatives
Senate
Democrats
Ronald Reagan
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
William Stuart
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Soil Conservation District
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Smith cites $110 million profit by cattle futures speculators
Rep Neal Smith alleges 32 traders made about 3.4 million each selling futures contracts with a nearly perfect timing signal over a 15 month period ending April 1979. He provided names to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which will study the report.
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Washington
Iowa
Neal Smith
Smith
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Randell Moore
Commission
First step in farm lending plan fails in Iowa
The Iowa Family Farm Development Authority failed to secure Farmers Home Administration backing for a 40 to 50 million bond issue. Director Bill Greiner vows to pursue private funding via banks and insurers while two to three months are spent testing the new approach. 211 applications totaling 11 million were canceled as funds fell through.
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Bill Greiner
Farmers Home Administration
Iowa Family Farm Development Authority
Greiner
Internal Revenue Service
Judge rules Iowa prison conditions violate inmates rights
Federal Judge William Stuart ruled the Iowa State Penitentiary conditions violate inmates rights and ordered a speedy ruling on improvements. He cited cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th and 14th Amendments and set deadlines for proposed settlements and responses amid collapsed negotiations with the state and inmates.
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Des Moines
UPI
William Stuart
Iowa State Penitentiary
Stuart
Fort Madison
United States
Paul Rosenberg
Robert D. Ray
Rosenberg
Oakdale
Mount Pleasant
Lyle Krewson
Urbandale
House
Corrections and Mental Health Subcommittee
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