Iowa DOT to Trim Workforce as Revenues Lag Statewide
State budget cuts slash public safety and health funding as road use tax revenue underperforms projections by about 30 million through nine months. Department chief Gray Fisher warns five year highway plan may be revised, and numerous maintenance garages will close with staff transferred or laid off while essential services remain.
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Operation nabs 7 800 illegal immigrants
The Washington Post reports INS capped its largest international anti-smuggling operation, Operation Crossroads International, arresting 7 898 people from 39 countries over 16 days. About 5 600 near the Mexican border and 1 300 in Guatemala and El Salvador, with 650 held on fraudulent documents. Seven U.S. citizens faced immigration charges. Ninety migrants were seized at Jamaica airports and smugglers used buses and airports. The operation yielded 9 million dollars in drugs and cost the U.S. 600 thousand.
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Police sort clues in Cedar Rapids gunfire case
Investigators described a multiple shot incident with a presuming suspect who fled west along an alley near Fourth and Fifth avenues. Witnesses offered varying descriptions of a tall black man in a sleeveless shirt with baggy pants and a possible chain. Officers seized clothing at a Fourth Avenue address and collected DNA cheek swabs and gunshot residue from a 49-year-old man as part of the ongoing warrant investigation.
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Abbe Care Center contract OK'd by supervisors
A six member study panel endorsed ResCare proposals in 1999. On March 6 2000 Abbe president Zevenbergen resigned. Supervisors on April 12 2000 rejected both proposals extended Abbe contract a year and directed staff to negotiate anew. A new community advisory group was formed with a report due in August. Streitner named Abbe president. negotiations seen as positive. Houser reported progress and cost reductions.
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