Think tank objects to universal cuts in Iowa budget
Iowa Policy Project and the Child and Family Policy Center warned that an across the board 1.5 percent cut will hit health and welfare services. Beth Pearson urged restoring Medicaid and child welfare funding while proposing tax breaks caps and rainy day fund use to ease the shortfall. Governor Culver defended the cuts as necessary to balance the budget amid economic hardship.
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Iowa Fiscal Partnership
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State tax receipts fall nearly 15 percent in Iowa
Iowa's state tax collections dropped 14.8 percent in December led by declines in personal income tax and unemployment-related payments. Jeff Robinson of the Legislature Services Agency cites timing issues and the national recession as major factors and notes the six month total is negative 0.8 percent.
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C R girls take ice rink for a whirl
Cedar Rapids area girls enjoy a session at Beaver Park Ice Rink under the Cedar Rapids Parks Department program. The activity provides recreational skating and community engagement at the local park facility.
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Cedar Rapids Couple Killed Returning From Granddaughter’s Wedding
Lois Grooms 81, released from University of Alabama Medical Center after a crash in Jackson’s Gap, Alabama that killed her husband Don Grooms 77. Eric Banks 24 is charged with vehicular manslaughter. Don’s funeral plans set for two weeks. Lois to return to Cedar Rapids next week.
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Lawmakers Plan Flood Forum Tour Monday in Cedar Rapids
The Senate and House Rebuild Iowa committee chairs Sen Rob Hogg and Rep Tom Schueller will host a public forum from 12 30 to 1 45 p m Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids for residents businesses and organizations affected by the 2008 flood They will also tour flood damaged Cedar Rapids neighborhoods before the event inviting other legislators to join.
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Cedar Rapids
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Tom Schueller
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