Evans warns of farm fallout from stalled deficit deal
White House farm adviser Evans warned NGA farm-state governors that a failure to reach a deficit reduction agreement by Oct. 1 could trigger 32 percent program cuts, meatpacking shutdowns, CRP reductions, and halted crop insurance sales. He urged a practical approach to avoid chaotic across-the-board reductions while noting optimism for a compromise.
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Ves
Visnes Bureau
Mobile
Ala
White House
Cooper Evans
Evans
Gramm-Rudman
National Governors Association
Iowa
Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance
Terry Branstad
NGA
Branstad
Washington
Congress
Conference Committee
Agriculture
Clayton Yeutter
Senate
House
Department of Employment Services cuts keep budget steady
DES budget remains stable this year after cuts totaling thousands of dollars and more than 50 jobs. Director Cynthia Eisenhauer announced the plan Monday, outlining furloughs, a hiring freeze, no office remodeling, and travel cuts to address past deficits and current short staffing.
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Chris Knight
Wazette News
DES Movies
Department of Employment Services
DES
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
Drug overdose suspected in Waterloo death
Officials doubt murder in the case of Chrystal Chris Barnes, 27, found partially clothed in an alley near railroad tracks in Waterloo. Autopsy results downgraded the case to a possible drug overdose, despite initial foul play concerns.
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Waterloo
Chrystal
Chris” Renee Barnes
Chicago and North Western
Dukakis says I told you so on taxes in 1988 pledge
Former presidential hopeful Michael Dukakis used a Mobile NGA meeting to accuse George Bush of breaking the no new taxes pledge. He urged the federal government to cut the deficit by recovering 40 billion of unpaid taxes, saying IRS could do so with proper resources.
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Mobile
Ala
Michael Dukakis
George Bush
Massachusetts Democrat
National Governors’ Association
United States
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
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