Branstad pushes crime reform with new task force
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad forms a 10 member task force to gather public safety proposals for next session. He notes a window for dramatic changes as public support grows and legislators depart. Proposals include unannounced school locker searches, stronger forfeiture laws, and mandatory minimums for third domestic abuse offenses while exploring juvenile justice reforms and school pilot programs.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Gary Hinzman
Cedar Rapids
Branstad proposes tighter Iowa ethics and disclosure laws
Gov Terry Branstad used a Monday news conference to push new rules requiring registration and full financial disclosure for anyone paid to influence policy. He seeks annual asset and tax return disclosures by statewide officials and caps on campaign contributions, amid ethics concerns tied to former aide Doug Gross.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Branstad
Roeder
Doug Gross
Gross
Branstad seeks statewide public servant code of conduct
Gov. Terry Branstad urged a September adoption of a code of conduct for state employees boards and commissions to define offensive ethnic and racial comments. He condemned a Marshalltown hate crime after a firebomb attack at an Iowa Veterans Home cottage. The plan includes a diversity conference in October and potential termination for violations.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Marshalltown
Iowa Veterans Home
Branstad
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Firebombing suspected racism at Iowa Veterans Home
Police investigate an apparent firebombing at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown with no injuries. A Molotov like device may have been thrown through a cottage window where Dr Daryl Miller, a black resident in a medical program, slept.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Veterans Home
Veterans Home
Jack Dack
The
Dack
Daryl Miller
Miller
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Veterans Medical Center
Des Moines
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