Iowa Attorney General urges action to curb smoking
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller called on the Legislature to appropriate 9.3 million dollars for tobacco control and prevention. He cited that Iowa's smoking decline lags behind the nation and warned current funding risks falling behind in prevention efforts. Miller outlined proposals including banning non face to face sales, restricting point of sale ads, banning near schools billboards, stricter local anti smoking laws, fire safe cigarettes, and a statewide tobacco seller licensing system with higher permit fees.
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James Q. Lynch
Des Moines
Iowa
Miller
Lawmakers weigh temporary repeal of heating tax
Iowa lawmakers debated a two month waiver of the 5 percent sales tax on natural gas propane and fuel oil to ease February and March bills. Governor Vilsack urged tying any tax cut to continued energy assistance funded by extending a $1.94 per month utility surcharge for two more years to cover low income heating aid. The surcharge supports the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program which served 62 000 Iowa households last year and may need another 20 million dollars. Republicans noted the move is a tax hike and urged careful balance with relief efforts.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Tom Vilsack
House
Ways and Means
Iowa
Steve Sukup
R-Dougherty
Vilsack
Chuck Larson
Cedar Rapids
Legislature to hang Bush portrait in Iowa chambers
Republicans in the Iowa General Assembly plan to display framed photographs of President-elect George Bush in the House and Senate chambers next week. Speaker Brent Siegrist said the campaign portrait will hang behind the presiding officer. President Clinton's days were described as numbered in the same context.
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Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Clinton
Iowa
General Assembly
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House
Senate
White House
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Iowa lawmakers plan April redistricting timetable
Iowa legislators aim to have a redistricting plan ready by late April with the nonpartisan Legislative Service Bureau modeling options after Census data arrives between March 1 and April 1. The panel faces a 110 day session end on April 27 and possible need for a special session to finish redistricting.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Legislative Service Bureau
Ed Cook
U.S. Census Bureau
Bob Brunkhorst
Joint Legislative Committee
Service Bureau
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