Iowa House rejects enlarging state blind commission
In Des Moines the Iowa House narrowly rejected increasing the State Commission for the Blind from three to five members. The bill would have added two members and funded per diem for them. Supporters said a larger body is more workable. opponents warned it is a power grab and questioned motives amid ongoing commission turmoil. The measure failed 49 to 46, two votes short of the constitutional majority.
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Iowa
United States
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Richard Welden
Lowa Falls
Doug Smalley
U.S
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Eagle Grove
Commission
Kenneth Jernigan
Jernigan
John Taylor
Cochran
Dale Hibbs
Iowa City
Rep
Cooper Evans
R-Grundy Center
Commerce Commission
Commission For the Blind
Urbandale
Lawrence Pope
Pope
Move to open Iowa Washington office fails in Senate
An 11th hour bid to place an Iowa office in Washington failed as the Senate approved nearly 59 million dollars for state agencies. A separate amendment to fund a Legislative Fiscal Bureau performance auditing unit passed, while proposals for the governor’s office in D.C. were rejected amid debate over federal outreach and costs.
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Iowa
Washington
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Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Robert Ray
Ray
Senate Appropriations Committee
John Murray
Ames
Murray
Tom Slater
Council Bluffs
Joe Coleman
D-Clare
Coleman
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Hansen
House
General Services Department
Retirement bill to Ray faces Iowa Senate approval
DES MOINES The Iowa Senate voted 49 to 0 to approve a bill sent to Gov. Robert Ray that would end mandatory retirement for most state employees. The measure also raises the retirement age to 70 for most other public workers, who currently must retire at 65.
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Des Moines
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Robert Ray
Iowa House approves elderly and disabled tax credit plan
The Iowa House passed 95 to 0 a bill amending mobile home and property tax credits for seniors and the disabled. It would exempt those with incomes to 3999 from mobile home tax and set scaled rates to 1.5 to 8 cents per square foot for 4000 to 9999 income, expand credits by 2.8 million for under 6000 income, and allow credits to be received as a deduction before billing. The measure, backed by Rep. Patricia Thompson, moves to the Senate for concurrence.
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