Vilsack lays out bold Iowa growth plan in state address
Governor Tom Vilsack unveiled an ambitious 42 minute state address proposing an 800 million infusion for economic growth, higher education funding boosts and a cigarette tax hike to fund health care. He urged a two step reform of property taxes and local government, plus expanded preschool and child care access and incentives. Area lawmakers respond with caution awaiting specifics on funding.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Tom Vilsack
Iowa
Vilsack
Vilsack Proposes Iowa Values Fund and Tax Reform Push
Key points outline a 800 million five year Iowa Values Fund financed by bonding and gaming revenues to boost the business climate through property tax reform. Education gains include 39.1 million for preschool and child care and a large boost to teacher pay. Proposals seek incentives for school districts to share resources or merge, raise the cigarette tax to fund health care, and enact mental health parity insurance reform.
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Iowa
Chertoff Chosen to Head Homeland Security
President Bush nominates Michael Chertoff to lead the Homeland Security Department, replacing Tom Ridge. Chertoff, a former U.S. attorney and appellate judge, is expected to win Senate approval and has led the Justice Department's criminal division.
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Bush
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Homeland Security
Chertoff
U.S. Court of Appeals
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U.S
New Jersey
Mike
White House
Meryl
Tom Ridge
Department
Ridge
Justice Department
Leach tours tsunami zone praises U.S. relief effort
U.S. Rep. Jim Leach R Iowa leads a congressional delegation to Sri Lanka to review the disaster impact and relief operations. He cites a missing bus of 40 students and notes the $4 billion international relief effort while praising American aid and humanitarian role.
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E. Michael Myers
the Gazette
Ashington
Indian Ocean
U.S
Jim Leach
Iowa
The
Gazette
Sri Lanka
House International Relations Committee
United States
Iowa City Republican
Phuket
Thailand
AFP
Getty
Alowa
Man Survives 15 Days at Sea After Tsunami Sucks Out
Ari Afrizal, 21, a carpenter, was swept into the Indian Ocean on December 26. He clung to a plank and drifted for 15 days, living on coconuts until a distant fishing boat found him. He was adrift among sharks before rescue.
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Ari Afrizal
Indian Ocean
Carpenter
Elkader woman aims to walk after stem cell transplant in Portugal
Amy Foels, 20, of Elkader, becomes the 36th person worldwide to undergo an experimental stem cell transplant at Hospital de Egas Moniz in Lisbon. Doctors say two years of aggressive rehabilitation are required to trigger new signals in her damaged spinal cord and aim for mobility recovery.
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Elkader
Portugal
Amy Foels
Hospital de Egas Moniz
Lisbon
Foels
Carlos Lima
Young voters boost turnout in four Iowa counties
Gazette analysis shows turnout for ages 18 to 34 rising from 56 percent in 2000 to 67 percent in 2004 in Linn Johnson Polk and Dubuque. The increase followed registration drives and candidate attention, though it did not decisively swing elections.
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Gazette
Iowa
Linn, Johnson, Polk and Dubuque
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