Iowa Faces Possible 40 Million Budget Gap in 1991
Iowa tax collections for fiscal 1990 fell short of projections by 1 percent, with a $21 million corporate income tax shortfall and $7 million lower personal income tax receipts. Overall special tax receipts reached $2.795 billion, 4 percent above last year but below the 5.1 percent growth forecast, signaling a potential $40 million deficit by June 1991.
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Patrick Cavanaugh
Iowa
Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Dennis Prouty
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Terry Branstad
Tauke and Harkin clash over defense waste in Iowa race
In a heated exchange, Republican Tom Tauke accuses Democrat Tom Harkin of supporting excessive defense spending while Harkin supporters, including Tim Raftis, defend his 15 year record of cutting Pentagon waste. Both cite Pentagon reform groups and Iowa's low defense contracting share as context.
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Tom Harkin
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Tom Tauke
Iowa
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Pentagon
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Weekend drownings claim three in Iowa
Three Iowa deaths marked by drownings over the weekend. Patrick Kilean, 19, of Clinton, died near Sabula in Jackson County. Matthew Wendel, 17, from Urbana, drowned at Pleasant Creek Beach near Palo. Charles Mitchell Dunn, 20, of Spirit Lake, found in West Lake Okoboji after a misidentification. another Dunn, 23, also Spirit Lake, involved in the confusion.
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Patrick Kilean
Clinton
Mississippi River
Sabula
Jackson County
Matthew Wendel
Urbana
Pleasant Creek Beach
Palo
Linn County
Charles Mitchell Dunn
Spirit Lake
West Lake Okoboji
Dickinson County
Mitchell Ehrhardt Dunn
Two more charges in state trooper shooting case
Robert Douglas 31 of Springfield Ohio faces two additional attempted murder counts on top of a first degree murder charge for shooting his wife Lynda Douglas during a high speed chase in Dubuque County. Trooper Virgil Stammeyer was wounded and is hospitalized in good condition.
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Dubuque
Robert Douglas
Dubuque County
Douglas
Springfield
Ohio
Lynda
Virgil Stammeyer
Sharon Cummins
Stammeyer
Mercy Health Center
Robert
Lynda Douglas
Maquoketa
Key West
Duquhue
Matt Stammeyer
Virgil
Scott Leighter
Branstad appoints 133 to state posts including acting industrial commissioner
Gov. Terry Branstad announced 133 appointments led by Clair Cramer to serve as acting industrial commissioner in the Iowa Department of Employment Services after David Linquist left for private practice. Cramer, 42, is a Clarion native and Vanderbilt law graduate. The slate includes appointments to the State Board of Education, Public Health, Human Services Council, and other state boards with Eastern Iowa representation. Cramer’s appointment awaits Iowa Senate confirmation.
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Des Moines
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Iowa Department of Employment Services
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Clarion
Cornell College
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Vanderbilt University
Tennessee
C.W. Callison
Burlington
Marcia Dudden
Reinbeck
State Board of Education
Valissa Berg
Cedar Rapids
Jane Hasek
Margaret O’connor
Urbandale
State Board of Public Health
Jim Davis
Bettendorf
Iowa Council On Human Services
James Tabor
West Des Moines
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