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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 2004
Page
1
Governor Tom Vilsack delivers the Condition of the State address to a joint Iowa Legislature session in Des Moines. He urges expanding the sales tax closing tax loopholes and raising the cigarette tax by 60 cents per pack with state Sen. Nancy Boettger present.
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Gov. Tom Vilsack lays out a plan in the Condition of the State address to raise up to 300 million dollars in net new revenue. He proposes a 60 cent cigarette tax increase and extending sales tax to more services to fund education and health care for children.
Legislators respond as Governor Vilsack pitches budget changes to modernize the sales tax, raise health care costs on smokers, and close corporate tax loopholes. He urges sacrifice to bridge state spending until growth takes hold, likening it to duties of troops in Iraq and teachers with limited resources. Drake to retire noted among 6A items including seniors veterans and public safety.
The plan boosts sales tax by expanding taxable services and aims to raise about 200 million, with 63 million for phasing out the tax on utility bills and 131 million for school funding and local public safety. Cigarette tax would rise from 36 to 96 cents per pack, generating over 105 million for health care and prevention. Corporate tax loopholes are targeted for 25 million in new revenue, ending specific tax credits for absentee owners. A seven year guarantee values fund would be financed by a 150 million bond to extend Vision Iown and Community Attraction programs.
University Hospitals reports about 100000 dollars worth of scrubs vanish yearly from the Iowa City facility. Employees are asked to return missing scrubs by Thursday with no questions asked, under policy to change on site and not wear scrubs off campus.
Cedar Rapids police investigate why officers tore up a ticket written to Mark Lee of Nevada Iowa for driving on the wrong side of a two way highway. The charge was refiled in Linn County in late December after a Gazette request for the ticket and video.
The Iowa Democratic Party chairman jokes about wanting the White House as he highlights caucuses as a key for building organization. Experts say the 2004 caucus process will yield a large party structure, recruit new members, and boost fundraising and voter data, with GOP chairman noting the attention benefits the other side.
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that police may set up roadblocks to request motorists help in solving crimes. The decision signals broader use of roadblocks to obtain witnesses and clues while distinguishing safety checkpoints from drug searches.
A 70 year old Fannie Farmer store in C R is shutting down after acquisition by a new corporate owner named Money GB. The closure marks the end of decades of operation under the local outlet. No further details on timing or redevelopment plans are provided.
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