Budget top pain at Iowa Statehouse amid 2010 budget squeeze
Des Moines bureau reports budget woes shrink the 2010 legislative session to 80 days and force a tight 2011 plan. Gov Culver and 150 legislators face a $400 million to $1 billion funding gap as they eye a tight, possibly status quo, budget with high needs and limited funds. Senator Robert Dvorsky calls it the toughest budget year he has faced.
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State budget aims to close 2011 gap without tax hikes
The plan targets a budget gap up to 500 million dollars for fiscal 2011 with flat revenue and no tax increases. It seeks savings through government streamlining and reorganization, plus spending cuts and one time federal aid or reserves.
A chance to shine for Kris Cungtion in April or May
Cedar Rapidian Kris Cungtion, 17, returns from Woodward Academy after serving for firing a warning shot in a large August brawl between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids youths. On track to lead a dorm as president and excel academically, his future hinges on choosing a productive path versus potential prison.
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Obama ties Christmas Day airline plot to al-Qaida branch
President Obama said a Yemen based al Qaida affiliate trained equipped and directed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the failed Northwest Airlines Flight 253 explosives attempt. He vowed retaliation and defended anti terrorism efforts in a year end Hawaii address. Hassan Ahmed, a Singapore classmate of Abdulmutallab, is pictured at the San a Institute for Arabic Language in Yemen.
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Britain and U S to fund Yemen anti terror police unit
Gen David H Petraeus arrived in Yemen to meet President Ali Abdullah Saleh and announce that the United States will more than double support for Yemen’s anti terror police unit, amid ongoing Afghan and Iraqi conflicts.
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