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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1988
Page
4
Gazette Washington Bureau reports Rep. Dave Nagle of Iowa warned that the Thursday defeat of Democratic and Republican contra aid packages signals GOP momentum. Nagle supported a $30 million humanitarian plan, the sole Iowa vote in favor. he says the defeat shows moderates can no longer be counted on.
Most bills died as lawmakers adjourned at midday including abortion tightening, school district mergers, and surrogate contracts. The House Judiciary buried 112 measures while leaders avoided debate on contentious issues. A spending cap proposal and a ban on exotic animals were also dropped from consideration.
The Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill by Sen. Richard Varn requiring felony and sex offense offenders after July 1 1990 to provide genetic samples before probation or parole. The stored data would identify individuals uniquely except for identical twins and could match crime scene evidence.
The University of Iowa Daily Iowan rejected two editor candidates James Cahey and Monica Seigel after finding written applications grammatically and editorially unsatisfactory. Board extends deadline to March 18 for new submissions and notes editor salary ranges from 9500 to 10000 dollars.
The Iowa Senate approved a 4.5 million unemployment tax break for 2,700 businesses and sent the bill to Governor Branstad. Supporters say it corrects inequities from last year's unemployment tax overhaul, which raised taxes on some firms with stable hiring histories.
Gov. Terry Branstad signs a measure keeping wholesale liquor sales records private. The bill restricts public access to state records of liquor distribution to individual stores. It changes transparency rules for liquor industry data in Des Moines.
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