Gronstal Emerges as Steady Democratic Leader
Page 1A profile of Gronstal outlines early Iowa caucus involvement in 1974 and service as treasurer to former Sen. Slater after Antioch College sociology degree. He describes starting in 1982 by door knocking 10,000 times, keeping fiscal discipline with savings, and facing ribbing from colleagues over his political stance and style.
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Iowa
Tom Slater
Antioch College
Ohio
Gronstal
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Gronstal Named Iowa Senate President and Leader
Michael Gronstal born January 29 1950 serves as a full time legislator and Senate president guiding bill assignments and floor debates. He chairs the Justice System Appropriations Subcommittee and has worked on environmental energy regulation and prison budgeting while pursuing campaign finance reform and other issues.
Iowa Senate Ethics Probe Ends Amid Calls for Reform
Senate leaders debate the probe handling with no formal complaints or specific allegations. Critics call it a mockery, while supporters urge a tougher ethics code and clearer procedures, citing Inspector Welsh's resignation as a signal for change.
Wymer freed on 600000 bond in 100 million fraud case
Steven Wymer, 43, released on 600000 bail after pleading innocent to a 30 count federal indictment alleging he swindled about 100 million from cities and government agencies. He faces up to 275 years in prison and more than 14 million in fines with trial set for Feb 25.
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Iowa Trust Fund
Steven Wymer
Mark Roberts
Wymer
U.S
Richard Gadbois
Newport Beach
FOS Angeles
Gadbois
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
California
Colorado
Roberts
Senate ethics furor stains Iowa GOP leaders
Iowa Republican senators say they have been smeared by unsubstantiated ethics charges tied to the Welsh case, while Senate Minority Leader Jack Rife refrains from new complaints. The ethics panel dropped its probe of Welsh, who faced threats of notarized accusations as he prepared to step down as Senate president amid the Iowa Trust Fund scandal.
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Des Moines
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Dubuque
Joe Welsh
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Jack Rife
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Iowa
Rife
Senate Ethics Committee
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Iowa Senate
Ethics Committee
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Allen Borlaug
R-Wancoma
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