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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 2001
Page
1
Accessories for summer wear include flip flops toe rings and ankle bracelets alongside bikinis halter tops and low rise jeans. The feature outlines style accents and essential items for warm weather outfits.
Tom Aller of Cedar Rapids, a six year veteran of the Iowa Transportation Commission, assumed leadership of the transportation board Tuesday. Details, 6B.
Iowa State University sophomore Jordan Carstens splits football duties for the Cyclones with duties on his family Bagley farm. The feature by Jim Ecker notes his routine and dedication to farming alongside collegiate athletics.
Iowa legislators wrapped a contentious session with a $4.9 billion budget plan and a $40 million teacher pay overhaul. They anticipate a special session on redistricting, while facing revenue shortfalls and potential tuition hikes as higher education bears cuts. The House and Senate concluded business, vows to reconvene for further redistricting, with Gov. Tom Vilsack weighing major budget elements.
The 2001 Iowa General Assembly advances a plan including a $40 million teacher pay initiative, a $4.9 billion budget with 0.3 percent spending growth, and the phase out of utility bill sales tax. It grants targeted business relief, seeks safe havens for abandoned newborns, redraws congressional and legislative districts, taps emergency reserves to balance the budget, limits county property tax growth, eases power plant siting rules, phases out state income tax on Social Security, and changes gambling laws.
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack denounced the Legislature as quitters after adjournment, calling budgets "all pain, no gain" and predicting hardship. He praised minimal teacher pay gains while criticizing delays and a failure to pass reform bills.
About 100 Cedar Rapids residents urged action at the first public hearing of the Governor's Task Force on African Americans in Prison held at the Department of Corrections Center. The 22 member panel, appointed in 1999, heard calls to address disparities in punishment and education, with personal stories from Ruth White and others.
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