Iowa legislators push Medicare reform and senior drug plan
Ganske and Salier seek to raise Iowa Medicare reimbursements to attract patients like Manchester Hospital would gain about 800000 over five years. They favor regional rate setting and oppose flat percentage adjustments. They back a senior prescription program with caution on drug decisions by Medicare. Both target defeating Harkin amid Democratic ads.
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Salier
Texas
Iowa
Medicare
Harkin
Democratic Party
Iowa Leaders Debate Funding for Education and Roads
Governor Vilsack cites a 1990s court fight over Branstad era funding. He argues diverting use tax revenue from roads to the general fund could cover deficits, with tobacco settlement proceeds backfilling use tax receipts to keep road projects on track. Republicans back education protection.
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Vilsack
Terry Branstad
General Fund
Bush pushes trade bill amid farm aid push with Harkin
President Bush seeks Trade Promotion Authority as Senate and House clash over farm bill costs and subsidy limits. Senator Harkin touts bipartisanship while Grassley opposes a key amendment. Both praise cross‑aisle work and rally support in Cedar Rapids for Ganske.
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Harkin
Iowa
House
Chuck Grassley
Grassley
Congressional Budget Office
Cedar Rapids
Ganske
Farm bill outline boosts subsidies and conservation programs
The plan costs about 190 billion over ten years, upping loan rate subsidies for corn wheat oats barley and sorghum and continuing fixed payments for grain and cotton. It caps subsidies while allowing unlimited loan program benefits, adds dairy lentils chickpeas peanuts honey wool mohair, ends peanut quotas, and expands conservation and rural aid with new labeling rules and food stamp expansions.
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U.S
Gag order sought in Helder mailbox bomb case
A gag order request in U S District Court seeks to curb statements by lawyers and parties in the Helder mailbox pipe bomb case. The motion argues extensive publicity threatens Helder’s right to a fair trial and would bar releasing nonpublic records including prior criminal history and prospective witnesses. Helder, 21, from Pine Island Minnesota, is accused of placing bombs in 18 mailboxes across five states, with six detonations injuring four carriers and two Iowa women.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Luke Helder
U.S. District Court
U.S
Jane Kelly
Kelly
John Jarvey
Helder
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Iowa
Postal worker recalls explosion during mailbox bombing heard on May 22
A postal worker testified about an explosion after a mailbox ambush on a rural route from Illinois to Colorado between May 3 and 6. He described shrapnel wounds to his right arm, surgery at Mercy Health Center, and doubts about hearing recovery while he plans to return to work in weeks.
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Reno
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Mercy Health Center
Dubuque
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