Iowa unemployment tax seen as average by consultant
Gail Garfield Schwartz testified before a legislative panel that Iowa's unemployment taxes are about average for the Midwest, contradicting business claims of high rates. She noted the state has the seventh lowest employer contribution and a 3.2 percent rate, with zero for about 15,000 firms, and urged careful reform to avoid shifting costs onto those with the most unemployment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gail Garfield Schwartz
Garfield Schwartz
Terry Branstad
Branstad
William Harbor
R-Henderson
U.S. Department of Labor
Midwest
Washington, D.C
Iowa Girl Placed in Cedar Rapids Foster Home After Abuse Claim
A 10 year old Iowa girl, allegedly mistreated by Jon M. Casey, was placed in the custody of the Iowa Department of Human Services and sent to a Cedar Rapids foster home. The mother faces endangering charges for allowing the girl to be taken to Chicago by Casey, a former Syracuse SUNY associate dean. Illinois maintains jurisdiction in the custody and criminal cases. another hearing is set for December 17.
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Chicago
Iowa
New York University
Cedar Rapids
Jon M. Casey
State University of New York
Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse
N.Y
Casey
Nelle P. Gamberdino
Iowa Department of Human Services
Illinois
Linn County hires Elvis Presley namesake as residential adviser
Linn County supervisors reveal they have hired Rev. Elvis Pressley as a residential adviser at the Community Correctional Center for 8.09 dollars per hour. Pressley, 27, a newly ordained minister, moved to Cedar Rapids from Louisville and recalls his birth-name origin from nurses on December 6 1957. He says he has no musical talent and avoids living on the famous name.
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Linn County Supervisors
Joe Rinas
Elvis Presley
Elvis Pressley
Pressley
Cedar Rapids
Louisville
Fellowship Missionary Baptist
Lawrence, S.C
Elvis
Presley
Iowa asks Moody’s to clarify credit report on deficit claim
Des Moines bureau reports New York firm Moody’s was asked to clarify a credit note that implied Iowa faced a 240 million dollar deficit as of June 30 1984. State officials contend the accounting shows a surplus and say the gap reflects cash vs appropriations and accrued revenues rather than an actual deficit.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
New York
Iowa
Michael Fitzgerald
Moody’s
Moody's
Terry Branstad
William Krahl
Claire Cohen
Fitzgerald
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