Iowa lawmakers weigh funnel compromise and open records bills
Lawmakers push a funnel compromise exempting appropriations and leadership measures from the deadline while voting on open meetings and records reforms. Iowa House debates a migrant work verification plan. Senate support grows for redemption center funding and beverage container expansion remains uncertain.
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House
Chet Culver
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
D-Ames
Senate
Jack Kibbie
D-Emmetsburg
Busi
Grasshorse eyes Iowa studio to boost animation effort
Grasshorse founded by Jennings and Buxton eyes 49 full time jobs in Iowa with a $3 million state catalyst studio. They cite the Iowa Film Promotion Act and 25 percent transferable tax credits plus 100 percent income exclusion as key incentives to relocate from coast and attract lenders.
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Grasshorse
Jennings and Buxton
Iowa
Chet Culver
Buxton
MCA Universal
Warner Bros
Disney Consumer Products
Entertainment
Iowa City
Fairfield
Ltimators
Halyard
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jennings
Attacks Hit Green Zone as Baghdad Sees Car Bomb, Shootings
Rockets and mortars pounded the Green Zone in Baghdad at sunrise injuring at least five, including an American. Police reported seven killed in a Shiite area car bombing and a volley of attacks left more than 20 injured in eastern Baghdad.
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Wisconsin woman fights to count son as Iraq casualty
Joan McDonald insists her son Sgt. James W. McDonald died from war related injuries after a May roadside bomb in Iraq. The Army lists his death as undetermined and non combat related, despite an unrecoverable autopsy result, prompting calls for official reclassification and help from Sen. Russ Feingold.
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Wausau
Wis
Joan McDonald
Iraq
James W. McDonald
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Fort Hood
Texas
Germany
Diane Battaglia
Battaglia
Neenah
Tom Wilborn
Washington
Vietnam
Sen
Russ Feingold
Honeymoon registries let couples fund trips with gifts
Gilliatt Honeymoon specialists explain online registries that let friends and family cover parts of the honeymoon via TheHoneymoon.com and TheBigDay.com. Resorts such as Sandals and Marriott offer similar options, with couples typically paying up front and receiving refunds or gift cards a week before departure.
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TheBigDay.com
Sandals
Marriott
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Weber
Gazettecommunications.com
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