Iowa House eyes corrective gambling package
Des Moines House Speaker Don Avenson says lawmakers will consider a technical package to adjust gambling operations including lowering riverboat taxes and allowing simulcasting at race tracks. He aims for no major changes despite concerns over revenue and riverboat viability. Senate leaders echoed cautious limits on expansions amid a Missouri River riverboat and casino context.
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Des Moines
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Avenson
Prairie Meadows
Iowa
Illinois
Nevada
Mississippi
Senate
C.W. “Bill” Hutchins
D-Audubon
Lawmakers Back DES Director Eisenhauer Overhaul
Iowa legislators expressed confidence in DES Director Cynthia Eisenhauer for swiftly curbing overspending at Job Service of Iowa. They reviewed minutes from a five member financial management committee detailing fund transfers to offset cost overruns and praised the department's financial recovery plan and her cooperative response to inquiries from the legislature.
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Rod Boshart Wazette Ves
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Employment Services
Iowa
Richard Running
Cedar Rapids
Joint Legislative Appropriations
DES
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
Richard Freeman
Job Service Financial Management Committee
Iowa House advances bill to curb anti abortion picketing
The House Judiciary Committee approved House File 2084 by 15 to 4 to make it a serious misdemeanor to block entry to health facilities, with penalties up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. The measure targets anti abortion activists while claiming not to single out abortion foes.
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Assembly
Daniel Jay
D-Moulton
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Johnie Hammond
D-Ames
Ce Ce Zenti
Iowans For Life
Planned Parenthood
Mid-Iowa
Panel trims community college tuition cut in Iowa budget
Iowa legislative education budget panel backs a 2.5 million cut to community college tuitions next year after scaling back a 5 million goal. The plan keeps 2.5 million to freeze resident tuition at the state universities and adds funds for faculty salaries and minority recruitment while exceeding the governor’s recommendations by about 11.7 million.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Richard Varn
D-Solon
Varn
Terry Branstad
Branstad
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