Marion area tax measure passes by wide margin
Marion voters approve the tax 3 225 to 1 804 after a March defeat. Hiawatha Robins and Center Point show strong support with 80 percent in Hiawatha. Robins 567 93 and Center Point 287 112 mark decisive wins while Walford splits 16 7.
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Sodbio
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Walford Fairfax Public Library
Linn County Auditor's Office
Vic Klopfenstein
Hiawatha
Robins
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Tom Theis
Ian Cullis
Steve Winger
Walford
John Haible
Troy Mills
Jim Conklin
Whig Club
Adam.belz
Gazcomm
Downtown liquor license spacing sparks council split
A proposed rule requiring 1000 feet between downtown liquor stores would affect bars with 25 percent or more of revenue from alcohol. Grandfathering existing outlets, with dissent from Matt Hayek and Mike O'Donnell who say it targets downtown bars popular with students.
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Matt Hayek
Mike O’donnell
Tax vote questions loom as absentee ballots inch counts
Johnson County voters weigh a four year sales tax with 178 absentee ballots outstanding in Iowa City and 45 in Coralville. Turnout is 15.44 percent and results remain unofficial until the May 12 county canvass. If passed the tax funds flood related and infrastructure projects in Johnson County communities.
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Yellowa City
Roosevelt School
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West High School
Weber School
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North Liberty
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Shueyville Community Center
Solon Fire Station
Swisher American Legion
Tiffin Fire Station
Unive
Heights St. Andrews Church
West Branch Immaculate Conception Church
Unincorporated
Big Grove
Cedar
Clear Creek
East Lucas North
East Lucas South
Freemont
Graham
Hardin
Jefferson East
Jefferson West
Lincoln
Madison
Monroe Fi
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Pleasant Valley
Sharon
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Johnson County
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Sue Dvorsky
Protax Yes For All
Deborah Thornton
Stockett
Dubuque Street
Park Road
Highway 6
Iowa Department of Revenue
Kelly Hayworth
Benefits and same sex partners health coverage and law
Attorney Camilla Taylor notes ERISA sets floor but not ceiling for employer benefits. Iowa law protects health insurance rights for same sex spouses in ERISA plans. some plans fall outside ERISA. Wilford Stone cites state regulation for insurance plans. ENDA could curb denial of benefits to partners.
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ERISA
COBRA
HIPAA
Camilla Taylor
Lambda Legal
Taylor
Iowa
Wilford Stone
Cedar Rapids
Stone
David.dewitte
Gazcomm.com
Culver to release two years of emails on public record
Governor Culver will allow access to his e mails from his first two years in office that were sent on private computers and non governmental servers. The decision follows criticism he used private accounts to dodge public records law and was made after an AP public records request.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chet Culver
Freedom of Information
Joseph P. Sandler
Washington, D.C
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I.C
Mike Thayer
Deadwood
Thayer
Culver
Charles Davis
University of Missouri-Columbia
National Freedom of Information Coalition
Davis
Patrice McDermott
OpenTheGovernment.org
McDermott
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