Panel backs shifting ethanol subsidies to rural development
An Iowa legislative committee urged moving 4 million dollars from a direct ethanol producer subsidy to a rural development program. The plan would give the Department of Economic Development discretion to fund rural economic projects including aiding ethanol plant development and preparing business plans for rural firms.
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Des Moines
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Iowa
Legislative Interim Committee
Department of Economic Development
Halvorson
Minnesota
Nebraska
NEA cuts funding for UI playwright program
The National Endowment for the Arts eliminates its $16,000 grant from the UI Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Officials vow to replace funds and continue the six year old program, with Alan MacVey and Lavonne Mueller seeking alternate support. The Cut is part of NEA saves $250000 by ending its Professional Theater Training Program.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
Iowa Playwrights Workshop
Workshop
Alan MacVey
Theater Arts
MacVey
Lavonne Mueller
Playwrights Workshop
Opponents appeal WOI TV sale to federal court
Iowans for WOI TV will appeal the Iowa Supreme Court loss over the sale of WOI TV to Capital Communications Co. of New York. President Neil Hart of Iowa State University says the appeal will be filed in the U.S. Circuit Court on January 14.
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Woi-Tv
Washington
Iowa Supreme Court
WOITV
U.S. Circuit Court
Neil Hart
Hart
Iowa State University
Old City Hall Rules Burned After Council Repeal
Buffalo officials recount how city hall rules from the prior council were repealed by the new council and burned in a bonfire. Clerk Carol Bernauer and assistant Debbie Guenther describe restrictions on decorations, personal items, overtime approval, and plant watering, which they say aimed to harass them.
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Buffalo
Carol Bernauer
Debbie Guenther
Bernauer
Guenther
Public Works Department
Betty Walters
Dick Nissen
City Hall
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