Legislator calls new comparable-worth board a sham
Rep Minnette Doderer denounces the five member appeals panel named by the Executive Council to review state job pay classifications under the comparable worth plan. Governor Branstad defends selections citing expertise and final council control. Non union workers may appeal by June 28 with a March 1 board deadline and an April recommendation to change classifications.
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Judy
Appeals Board
Executive Council
Helyne Fiscel
State Comptroller’s Office
Joanna Alexander
Iowa Department of Transportation Personnel Office
Judie Stark
Iowa Department of Human Services
Gary Runge
Iowa Merit Employment Department
Pam White
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Michael Fitzgerald
Branstad
Fitzgerald
Merit Employment Department
Clint Davis
Davis
Arts team to tour 15 Iowa towns this summer
The Iowa Arts Council touring company will visit 15 small towns in Iowa starting June 19 in Hawkeye. The ensemble of five to seven performers will stay two days per town, offering performances and community collaborations with hosts supplying venues meals and lodging.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
DES Moines
Iowa Arts Council
Iowa
Hawkeye
Grafton
Hanlontown
Webb
Dows
Hedrick
Fruitland
New Vienna
Amana
Montour
Hubbard
Marathon
Ireton
Woodbine
Imogene
Eileen Deutsch
Cathy Meddin
Willis J. Knight
David Williams
Ludvika Popenhagen
Ron Popenhagen
Kate Carol
Bonnie Severn
Doug Shelton
Dave Moore
Dartanyan Brown
Ron Clark
Valerie Williams
Dana Shaeffer
Barb Cech
Susan Kirchman
Karla Goettel
Shaun Doyle
Branstad Says GOP Finances In Good Shape In Iowa
Iowa Governor Branstad announced at a news conference that the Republican Party is debt free following 1984 campaign obligations and is building a war chest for the 1986 elections. He and U.S. Senator Grassley are expected to seek reelection as others aim to regain control of the Legislature.
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Des Moines
Republican Party
Iowa
GOP
Terry Branstad
Branstad
U.S
Charles Grassley
Murder charge filed in fatal Waterloo fire
A Waterloo man charged with first degree arson now faces first degree murder in the death of his 19 month old son James Michael Lewis in a house fire on June 1. Arthur Killinger 38 is jailed on a 100000 bond in Black Hawk County.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Arthur Killinger
Killinger
James Michael Lewis
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Fiscel
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Sncome
Rap Lounge
Whiskey
Vate
Ures
Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
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