Gas pumps face tighter checks as inspectors boost oversight
Inspectors from the Weights and Measures Bureau verify pump calibration labels and ethanol content, ensure correct street signage and receipt pricing, and collect a $9 per pump licensing fee. The program improves accuracy and funds, while a digitized system allows cross territory checks, with about 7 percent annual failure historically.
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Michael Harrington
Weights and Measures Bureau
Harrington
Tor
van de Hoef
Joe Seng
D-Davenport
Senate Agriculture Committee
Seng
Vande Hoef
Iowa lawmakers vow nonpartisan start to session
Senate leaders say the new session should focus on practical goals to improve education employment safety and wealth in Iowa with minimal political posturing. Former leaders and lawmakers acknowledge some politics will occur but stress bipartisan effort and limited agendas aimed at progress.
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Jerry Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Capitol
Stewart Iverson
House
Senate
GOP
Iverson
Terry Branstad
Extending the ISS life boosts research and industry hopes
The Obama administration urged extending the International Space Station's life to at least 2024. The plan faces Congress and a $3 billion annual cost, with potential gains in ongoing research and a nascent US private spaceflight industry alongside partners NASA, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
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International Space Station
Space Laboratory
Pacific Ocean
Congress
NASA
United States
Earth
Russia
Europe
Japan
Canada
Space Station
U.S
Spacex
Iss
Soviet Union
Mars
Indiana University
William Bianco
Orbital Science Corp
Michael Hopkins
Richard Mastracchio
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