Iowa debate on tax changes tests federal deductibility
Mixed reviews greet proposals to couple Iowa tax rules with federal definitions and to raise the Social Security benefit tax for high earners. Branstad urges caution on deductibility while lawmakers push for simplification and a broad Taxpayers Rights Amendment battle.
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Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Branstad
Iowa
House
Ron Corbett
Cedar Rapids
House Appropriations Committee
Taxes topic heads Iowa Legislature series
The sixth in a series surveying issues before the Iowa Legislature opening Monday covers taxes. The series reviews gambling juvenile justice budget health care abortion adoption economic development and jobs politics and telecommunications.
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Iowa
Parking debate pushes Cedar Rapids expansion to 2001 plan
McLeod urges surface parking lots instead of a costly ramp to support downtown growth. He owns about 80 acres for an alternate expansion site while Mayor Serbousek backs keeping McLeod TeleManagement in town after an 18 month barrier. Town Centre employs 800, with 750 new downtown jobs, spurring nearby remodeling and development.
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Cedar Rapids
McLeod
Larry Serbousek
Serbousek
2001
Development Corp
McLeod TeleManagement
Town Centre
Armstrong Centre
Armstrong’s Department Store
Granby
Iowa
Officials silent on Cedar Rapids murder probe and raid
Cedar Rapids police and federal agencies keep quiet about the investigation into a Dec 30 murder. Authorities confirm a raid and multiple charges at a residence, with five people named for disorderly house charges including Pamela Dodson Jennifer Dougherty Cheryl Abram Roger Moore and Jeffrey Bambie.
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Ted
Cedar Rapids
Bright
Bud Byrne
Marion
Linn County
Pamela Jane Dodson
Third St
Jennifer Lynn Dougherty
Lorraine St
Cheryl L. Abram
Mount Vernon
Roger Alan Moore
Ellis Boulevard
Jeffrey Dean Bambie
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Terry Branstad
Darrell Hanson
Manchester
Ways and Means Committee
William Dieleman
D-Sully
Senate
Wally Horn
Harold van Maanen
Pella
Larry Murphy
D-Oelwein
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Democrats
Michael Gronstal
Boyson
Meer American Gem Society
3Rd Ave
Hall’s
Norwalk
Abes
Collins Rd
Astercara
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