Branstad vows help for vet affairs appointee
Gov. Branstad pledged to help Mitchell O Neel find another state job after Senate rejected his confirmation as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs by 28 to 15 in a vote taken after the deadline. Branstad called the treatment unfair and said O Neel could be forced to leave by mid June if not reassigned.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Mitchell O’neel
State Department of Veterans Affairs
O’neel
Veterans Affairs Agency
Senate
Branstad
GOP
Bonnie Campbell
John Dwyer
Charles Krogmeier
Campbell
Krogmeier
Judicial Branch
O'’Neel
David Roederer
Grandy unveils tough crime plan for Iowa opponents
GOP guber hopeful Fred Grandy proposes abolishing parole for violent offenders and a higher death penalty standard. He would bar felons from firearms, try juveniles as adults for first time violent crimes, require prisoner work, create a victim rights and advocacy framework, and expand state anti racketeering powers. Branstad campaign counters with crime rate gains and prison bed increases.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
GOP
Fred Grandy
Sioux City
Grandy
Statehouse
Brian Kennedy
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Branstad
Kennedy
Washington
State workers set travel blitz across 27 states and beyond
Iowa state government faces peak travel period as the Executive Council approves about 220 travel requests from state employees for summer meetings in 27 states and one foreign country. Secretary Golda Beals notes this is the largest single meeting demand with 29 pages of requests and airfare cost concerns.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa Executive Council
Golda Beals
Council
Minnesota man charged in Iowa hit-and-run death
A 40-year-old Emmons Minnesota man, Jerry Boettcher, is jailed in Winnebago County on vehicular homicide and leaving the scene charges after a hit-and-run near Scarville killed 44-year-old Ryan Peterson. Peterson, riding on County Road R-60, was struck from behind and died Sunday night. Boettcher awaits an initial court appearance to determine bail.
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Winnebago County
Iowa
Scarville
Jerry Boettcher
Emmons
Minn
Ryan Peterson
Win- Niebago County
State Patrol
Peterson
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