Veto preserves treasurer office but trims 20 percent budget
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald keeps his Capitol office for now but Branstad veto cuts 20 percent of his budget and Johnson's. Fitzgerald warns of possible staff layoffs or supplemental funds next year while Branstad calls for a space study and says the move lacks planning and is inefficient.
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Judy Daubenmier
Lazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Michael Fitzgerald
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Fitzgerald
Branstad
Richard Johnson
Statehouse
Johnson
Joe Brown
D-Montezuma
Capitol
Executive Branch
Mini liquor store veto costs Iowa over million a year
Senator Joe Brown says Governor Branstad's veto of the mini liquor stores bill costs Iowa at least 1 million annually. Brown notes proposed six stores would yield about 3 to 1 returns on $282,000 initial appropriation. Beer and Liquor Control proposed the concept with broad legislative support.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa
Sen
Joe Brown
Dontezuma
Brown
Beer and Liquor Control Department
Joint Regulatory and Finance Appropriations Subcommittee
Rolland Gallagher
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Center Point
Iowa City
Norwalk
Iowa liquor monopoly questioned as task force weighs reform
Des Moines Iowas government monopoly on liquor sales is under review with a task force. Data show Iowa ranks 47th in wine and spirits per capita and 25th in beer consumption. The panel may consider privatizing wholesale and retail operations, with hearings set for July 13 and registrations due by July 8.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa
District of Columbia
Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Commission
Pennsylvania
Linn County
Scott County
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Branstad
Office For Planning and Programming
12Th St
Iowa ICC approves scaled river access plan near Lansing
The Iowa Conservation Commission chose a reduced $370000 boat ramp and 102 vehicle parking for Village Creek near Lansing, dropping a pricier marina plan. Dredge channel to 60 feet. use Army Corps sand if free to trim costs. Several land acquisitions and park projects approved and a July 5 ICC meeting scheduled in Des Moines.
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ICC
Stan Kuhn
Guttenberg
Army Corps of Engineers
Fish Farm Mounds
Allamakee County
Paint Creek
Yellow River Forest
Donald Groneberg
Neale Downing
Linn County Conservation Board
Matsell Bridge
John Field
Lake Macbride State Park
Rick Chase
Solon
Johnson County
Virginia
McGregor
Iowa Conservation Commission
Wallace State
Des Moines
Monticello hospital executive resigns to join Hewlett-Packard
John Weber administrator of Monticello's John McDonald Hospital resigns effective July 1 to become a field engineer for Hewlett-Packard in Cedar Rapids. Weber, 38, to oversee computerized cardiology diagnostic equipment, citing long term career interests. Isobel Mack of St. Luke's previews a successor, with final board approval pending.
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Jones Cedar Bureau
Monticello
John Weber
John McDonald Hospital
Weber
Hewlett-Packard Corp
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
Hewlett-Packard
Isobel Mack
St. Luke’s Hospital
John McDonald’s Board of Directors
Iowa prison union dress code dispute stalls decisions
No decision yet from Iowa Department of Corrections on a revised dress code for prison guards. At Anamosa, guards threatened a May 27 picket over the stricter code, which was to begin June 1. The strike was suspended after a one week delay for talks with state officials.
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Lowa
Des Moines
Department of Corrections
Anamosa
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