Gambling reform push heats up for 1994 Iowa session
After three House failures last year, Iowa lawmakers push gambling law changes in 1994. Rep. Dave Millage backs a full House vote by February with threats to attach amendments if stalled. Speaker Harold Van Maanen remains a firm no, while Senate leaders hint at narrowed bills on Prairie Meadows racing and riverboat gambling.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Iowa
Dave Millage
Bettendorf
House
Harold van Maanen
R-Pella
King
Millage
Brent Siegrist
Bob Arnould
Senate
Council Bluffs
D-Davenport
Arnould
Altoona
Prairie Meadows
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Mike Gronstal
Jobless payments drop in 1993 in Iowa manufacturing rebound
Iowa unemployment benefits fell by 17.3 million in 1993 as manufacturing retooled and inventories slimmed. Benefits totaled 250 million to 142000 recipients, with 64 million federal extended claims and factory workers accounting for over 12 million of the decline. The average weekly benefit was 173 dollars, and Linn County payouts reached about 16 million. Governor Branstad announced a 30 million tax reduction due to a record 637 million unemployment trust fund surplus.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Employment Services
DES
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
Linn County
Towa
Terry Branstad
Branstad urges flag desecration ban and amending constitution
Des Moines Gov. Terry Branstad backs a 1994 legislative package including a U.S. constitutional amendment to allow Congress and states to prohibit flag burning and desecration. A draft resolution on the issue is part of the package. His liaison says the move is not aimed at political opponent Fred Grandy who objects, citing First Amendment protections.
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Ry Rod Bush
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
U.S
Congress
Branstad
Gary Steinke
Fred Grandy
Grandy
Branstad Names Fort Dodge Man to Appeals Court
Gov. Terry Branstad appoints Mark Cady of Fort Dodge to the Iowa Court of Appeals as Chief Judge Leo Oxberger retires. Cady, 40, a Drake University and Drake Law School graduate, will earn 86,800 dollars annually after serving as a district judge since 1986.
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Terry Branstad
Mark Cady
Fort Dodge
Iowa Court of Appeals
Cady
Webster County
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Drake Law School
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Branstad
Judicial Nominating Commission
6Th Judicial District
August Hansell Jr
Cedar Rapids
State Judicial Nominating Commission
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Dick Schlegel
Hansell
Johnson County
J. Patrick White
Iowa City
Judith Whetstine
Richard Moore
Iowa Utilities Board
Emmit George Jr
Commission
Carnations and ethics rules spark Iowa Legislature debate
In Des Moines the 1993 ethics ban limited gifts to under $3 in value. AFSCME sent green carnations in a glass vase and an insulated cup as compliant tokens. Some gifts, like snack assortments and postage, may exceed the limit, prompting further questions from Rep. Dorothy Carpenter.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
General Assembly
American Federation of State
Dorothy Carpenter
R-West
Afscme
Carpenter
Iowa lawmakers move to repeal South Africa investment ban
Des Moines lawmakers move quickly to repeal the 1985 law barring state agencies from investing in South Africa linked firms. IPERS may include such companies, with Rep. Dorothy Carpenter and Sen. Jack Kibbie backing swift action. The move follows decreasing sanctions and growing parity in apartheid-era policies. The IPERS fund totals about 7 billion dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
South Africa
House
Senate
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
Dorothy Carpenter
West
Carpenter
State Government Committee
Ipers Investment Board
Jack Kibbie
D-Emmersburg
IPERS
Kibbie
Clinton
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