Iowa study stirs partisan debate over business climate
A Chicago firm ranks Iowa 26th for manufacturing attractiveness, up from 31st, prompting Republicans and business groups to press for more tax cuts while Democrats say incentives are already adequate. Gov Branstad backs worker comp and unemployment changes amid criticism. Sens. Jenkins calls tax breaks a burden on workers as business leaders argue rankings miss recent reforms.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Senate
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Iowa lawmakers weigh wage study on manufacturing climate
The survey shows Iowa manufacturing wages at 10.09 per hour, seventh highest nationally while the U.S. average is 8.71. Governor Branstad aims to reform workers compensation and unemployment, with aides calling the study political ammunition. Lawmakers debate tax cuts as a 50 million business break already passed. Jenkins argues against overemphasizing such gains and warns of continued lobbying. The 1984 data precedes recent Iowa legislation and a blue ribbon panel reviews unemployment.
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Farnsley Peters
Iowa Association of Business and Industry
Des Moines
Alexander Grant & Co
Iowa Development Commission
Phil Thomas
Jenkins
Branstad
Iowa manufacturing wages rise but rank low on costs and benefits
A page one survey shows Iowa manufacturing wages up 16.4 percent over three years, below the national 22 percent. Iowa's worst score is 48th for maximum weekly workers compensation payments at 563 dollars. The report notes government-driven items and non-government factors and cites comparisons with Michigan, Wisconsin, and Texas as context. Ken Caldwell of the Cedar Rapids Chamber calls the Grant survey incomplete and often useless for expansions.
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New England
Ken Caldwell
Econom
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Caldwell
Universities deny Star Wars links as defense program sparks probes
Harkin aides report no formal proposal from the University of Illinois and deny knowledge of involvement in the SDI effort. MIT and Cal Tech complain that the Defense Department misrepresented their roles while U I officials note an offered unclassified basic research proposal with naval backing.
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Dwight Jensen
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U of I
Naval Research
Spriestersbach
Raw deal cited in hiring of police junior Johnson
The Cedar Rapids hiring uproar centers on 27 year old Johnson son of an assistant police chief who was chosen after interviewing only one of 320 applicants. City officials say standard procedures were not followed and the process was restarted with revised rules requiring department heads to disclose relatives in city jobs.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Wallace Johnson
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2 car crash kills New Sharon man
A 68 year old New Sharon man, Richard LeRoy McGriff, died of multiple injuries when his southbound car was struck by a vehicle driven by Marjorie Oligschlagher of Tuscombia Missouri at the Highway 146 county road intersection south of Grinnell.
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Iowa City
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