House panel rejects tying fuel tax hike to railroad plan
DES MOINES—In a 18-14 vote the House Ways and Means Committee refused to couple a motor fuel tax increase with a plan to issue up to 300 million dollars in railroad bonds. The panel also advanced a cigarette tax rise to 18 cents and left the fate of the rail measure to Senate action amid partisan debate on funding rail infrastructure.
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Iowa Senate
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
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House
Railway Finance Authority
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Iowa City
Lloyd-Jones
Hugo Schnekloth
R-Eldridge
Senate
Schnekloth
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Robert Ray
Iowa Highway Patrol
Department of Transportation
Senate alters inheritance tax law in Iowa
Iowa Senate approved a bill to raise exemptions and shorten deadlines for inheritance tax filings. The measure, passed 42-5, would lift survivor and child exemptions, raise the minimum taxable estate, and cut filing time from 12 to nine months. The plan aims to boost next year revenue by about 9.1 million despite future costs. Senator Rush and Senator Carr criticized the bill as helping wealthy estates. Senator Craft defended the changes as benefiting middle income Iowans. The bill moves to the House, with 1983 fiscal impact projected at 8.1 million in losses.
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Iowa Senate
Iowa
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Robert Ray
Bob Rush
Cedar Rapids
Bob Carr
Dubuque
Rolf Craft
R-Decorah
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Craft
Ray Taylor
Steamboat Rock
Iowa House
State Treasury
Treasury
Jury seated as Davenport murder trial opens
In Scott County District Court five defendants face first degree murder charges for the February 18 slaying of Mark Webb Jr. of Davenport and are charged with kidnapping in the abduction of Russell Greer. The defendants are Terry Lee Schertz Sheila Schertz David Streets Michael Gavin and Gary LeCompte.
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Scott County District Court
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Sheila
Peoria
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Clinton
Michael Gavin
Ottumwa
Gary LeCompte
Spencer
Mark Webb Jr
Russell Greer
Greer
Webb
Cedar Rapids
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