My what changes since the olden days in Iowa politics
Frank Nye notes shifts since 1930 in Iowa politics from reapportionment to annual sessions. He tracks salaries, office reach, home offices, party caucuses, and the growing issues lawmakers now face, and concludes with reflections on his 50 years covering politics and retirement.
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Metro-Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sun
Frank Nye My
Evening Sentinel
Shenandoah
Statehouse
International
Congress
Senate
House
Iowa lawmakers trim spending amid budget review
Gov. Ray orders up to 4 percent cuts in state agency budgets and a 5 percent contingency plan across legislative departments. Legislation fiscal chief Rankin to run at 91.2 percent, delaying a vacancy. Counts delay to attend the National Conference of State Legislatures in New York reduce costs. several lawmakers withdraw or reconsider, while some still plan to go. A note recalls Somoza’s 1979 Masaya assault by 1,000 soldiers.
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House
Senate
Iowa
Des Moines
Ory
General Assembly
Robert Ray
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
House of Representatives
Legislative Branch
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Gerry Rankin
Halvorson
Rankin
National Republican Legislators Association
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Terry Branstad
Robinson
Harbor
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Robert Anderson
Newton
Anastasio Somoza
Masaya
Iowa shaves 47000 illegal road signs with 18000 to go
Iowa continues cleanup of illegal highway signs under the Beautification Act. Ron Egeland of the IDOT says about 75 percent, or 47000 of the original 65000 signs, have been removed with 18000 left. Removal proceeds via county teams. owners get 30 days to comply or the department proceeds at cost.
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Ames
Iowa
Ron Egeland
State Department of Transportation
Egeland
Commission
IDOT
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Lucas DeKoster
Hull
Julia Gentleman
John Murray
William Hutchins
Guthrie Center
George Kinley
Charles Miller
Burlington
William Palmer
Bass van Gilst
Oskaloo
Ken Sullivan
Doyle
By Harrison Weber
Ree Association
Cal
Ani
Holmes
Jim Piersall
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