State tax receipts rise yet miss projections in Iowa
Iowa budget officials report eight month sales tax up 4.1 percent from a year ago but below the 4.9 percent forecast. Overall FY1992 tax collections near $2.07 billion are 6.6 percent higher than last year but fall short of annual expectations amid cautious consumer confidence. February data show personal income tax up 6.2 percent year over year, with year to date at $954.2 million. corporate tax total at $9.2 million for February, down from last year, with year to date $142.4 million.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Gretchen Tegeler
Education panel chair seeks five extra teacher days
Sen. Michael Connolly proposes using 32 million in educational excellence incentives to add five workdays to the teacher year for school transformation and site based decision making while preserving nine million for Phase 3 merit pay. The plan aims to boost pay by about 1 000 dollars annually and keep classroom days unchanged.
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Senate panel endorses child support amnesty plan
The Senate Human Resources Committee unanimously approved a plan to allow bargaining on past due child support. Delinquent parents could agree to start payments and receive forgiveness for some arrears. Supporters say partial collection helps struggling single parent families when full payment seems unreachable.
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Panel Urges Plan to Fight Lead Poisoning
A legislative committee in Des Moines recommended a two year effort to combat lead poisoning. The House Energy and Environment Committee sent the plan to the full House for debate. It requires state health officials to develop a proposal to warn residents about the dangers of lead poisoning.
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DES Moines
House Energy and Environment Committee
Hospital rules aim to shield patients from HIV and hepatitis exposure
Des Moines senators approve a bill mandating hospitals adopt procedures to prevent exposure by infected health care workers. Each facility forms an expert review panel to monitor compliance and report violations to the state examining board. Immunity and confidentiality protections accompany the new protocols.
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