Deal Looms Over Iowa Machinery Tax and Growth Incentives
The Iowa House and Senate push rival plans to drop the sales tax on industrial equipment while funding the move with higher sales and cigarette taxes. Senate leaders critique the House bill as doomed while Palmer’s tax credit proposal targets new or expanding industries with a 10 percent workforce rise, but excludes existing firms. Debate centers on equity for current businesses, lottery funding, and budget impact as lawmakers seek a path to boost industry without widening the budget gap.
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House
Senate
William Palmer
D-Des Moines
Lowell Jenkins
Dontrose
Des Moines
Iowa
Palmer
Jenkins
Cal Hultman
Red Oak
Saturn
General Motors
Hultman
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Drake
Junkins
Don Avenson
Doelwein
Branstad proposes simple extension of 1984 farm bill
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad backs a direct extension of the current farm bill arguing it would bring stability to agriculture. He favors a national commission to study long term policy and opposes Reagan’s 15 year plan, urging action at the National Governors Association meeting.
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David Lynch
Gazette
Washington
Congress
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Reagan
Branstad
National Governors’ Association
Agriculture Committee
Study Commission
Governors Association
South Dakota
William Janklow
Senate
Farm
Janklow
Branstad backs across the board federal spending freeze
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad at the National Governors Association meeting backs a bipartisan push to freeze federal spending, extending belt tightening to defense and entitlement programs. He appears on Good Morning America with Governor Charles Robb, stressing deficit reduction and fairness. Local farm crisis hearings in Washington feature Rep. Gene Blanshaw and Rep. Bob Show warning of mass farmer losses and urging aid from Washington.
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Washington
Iowa
Terry Branstad
National Governors’ Association
ABCTV
Good Morning America
Branstad
Virginia
Charles Robb
Gene Blanshaw
Scranton
Senate
Union state workers approve two year contract
Unionized state workers in Iowa approve a two year contract with 1 percent raise next year and 4 percent in 1987. About 96 percent of AFSCME Council 61 members voting supported the tentative deal covering roughly 20,000 of the state’s 40,000 workers. Legislature must approve the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Don McKee
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Council 61
Iowa
Audit finds $1 of $5 BIA funds misspent in Minneapolis
A federal audit cited by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune shows the Minneapolis BIA office misspent or lost funds totaling at least $2 million in 1983 with about 220 staff serving 29 tribes. The report notes sloppy records and improper contracts, but officials say reforms have been implemented and compliance improved.
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Minneapolis
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
U.S. Interior Department
BIA
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
U.S. Treasury
Freedom of Information Act
Inspector General
John Brorsen
Clinton Fire Destroys Four Businesses in Midtown District
A Sunday blaze in Clinton's midtown business area destroyed four businesses including The Fireplace Shop Still No 2 tavern Ehlers Hardware and KROS KSAY Gateway offices. Damages estimated at 1.5 million with investigations ongoing by the State Fire Marshal and local fire officials. Neighboring Lacker Mann's Shoe Shop suffered heavy smoke and water damage. A resident above the tavern awoke to smoke detectors and alerted neighbors.
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Clinton
Steve Borota
Bob Burns
Ehler’s Hardware
Kros-Ksay
Gateway Broadcasting Corp
Lackermann
Ron Tillman
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Ken Sullivan
Equity
Potomac
Blanshaw
Bob Show
D-Guthrie Center
Joint Economic Committee
Heidi Muller
Griswold
Metro Iowa
Afscme OK
Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Richard Lozano
Fort Madison Community Hospital
Ron Welder
Lozano
Bertram Burkett
Derrica
Moss
Urbandale
Burkett
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Darrell Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Ruth Skulzacek
IDOT
Department
Office of Vehicle Registration
George Kinley
Kinley
Harlan
Audubon County
Mary Jane Madsen
Madsen
Indian Affairs Office
Brorsen
Bob Mathiesen
Tillman
Bess
Iowa City
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Oelwein
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