Gas tax debate resurfaces amid aging roads and funding gaps
Des Moines reports show lawmakers weighing gas tax increases to fund a 114000 mile, 25000 structure network. DOT estimates rising costs for concrete and fuel strain the 1999 dollar, while officials urge discussion this year to set a 2027 funding plan. Senate and House leaders express cautious optimism for education and infrastructure review this session.
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Branstad appoints three to Iowa parole board
Governor Terry Branstad removed three interim parole board members and named Doris Kelley Waukee W. Thomas Prallips Waterloo and Jim Felker Hiawatha to the panel. Confirmations require Senate approval. He kept Elisabeth Robinson as chair and replaced other interim members. The move follows concerns over pace of case reviews amid corrections data showing declines in state prison discharges.
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