House OKs new board for colleges
Iowa House Appropriations Committee approves a bill to shift oversight of 15 community colleges from the Board of Education to a new nine member board. Critics urge caution as leaders weigh local control and effectiveness while supporters cite stronger advocacy for college needs.
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John Kirsch
Iazette
Hatch
Iowa Association of Community College Presidents
Drew Allbritten
Iowa Association of Community College Trustees
Johnie Hammond
Dames
Iowa
Dorothy Carpenter
West Des Moines
Hammond
Board of Education
Senate shifts education director to state board rule
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate approved a bill to have the Department of Education director appointed by the state Board of Education for a four year term with Senate confirmation. Supporters say it returns control to the people and reduces politicization. Gov. Branstad opposes.
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Department of Education
Senate
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
State Board of Education
Hultman
State Racing and Gaming Commission
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Jack Rife
Moscow
John Sperholtz
Melbourne
Terry Branstad
Charles Bruner
Ames
Jean Lloyd- Jones
Iowa City
Rife
Jack Kibbie
D-Emmetsburg
DOE
William Lepley
Des Moines House OKs landfill rules and incinerator moratorium
The Iowa House approved an 84 to 10 bill tightening local approval for new landfills and mandating a public hearing before final site decisions. It also bars radioactive waste disposal in landfills and imposes a medical waste incinerator moratorium through July 1, 1991 with appeals to the state Environmental Protection Commission. Riverside residents recently blocked such an incinerator, illustrating local impact.
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Des Moines
House
Riverside
Boards of Supervisors
State Environmental Protection Commission
Hultman to leave Iowa Senate after 14 years in leadership
Calvin Hultman Republican leader of the Iowa Senate will not seek re election to a sixth term this fall ending a career that began in 1972. He served as Senate majority leader for four years and ten years in minority leadership representing Senate District 47.
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Rod Boshart
Vest Vines Bureau
Des Moines
Calvin Hultman
Iowa Senate
Senate
Red Oak
Iowa
Hultman
House
Delwyn Stromer
Garner
Don Avenson D-Oelwein
Cal
Avenson
General Assembly
Iowa Senate approves life term for fatal arsonists
The Iowa Senate voted 46 to 2 to impose life in prison without parole for arsonists who cause death. The bill follows the Jan 1 deaths of two West Burlington volunteer firefighters battling a blaze believed to be intentional. Existing law allowed up to 25 years with parole.
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Des Moines
Iowa
West Burlington
Mark Hagerla
West
Burlington
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