Iowa Receives $1 Million From Oil Settlement Windfall
Iowa will gain $1 million from settlements with Amoco OKC Corporation and Colleen Corporation over 1970s oil price control violations. The funds, added to a $27.4 million Exxon windfall, must be used for energy conservation per federal and state approval. Hearings will seek guidance on allocation.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
ES Moines
State of Iowa
Larry Bean
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Amoco Oil Company
OKC Corporation
Colleen Corporation
Exxon
Bean
EPC
U.S. Department of Energy
Iowa
Amoco
Iowa Department of Transportation
Health plan rumors surface as Iowa official faces decentralization dispute
Democratic candidate Jo Ann Zimmerman accuses University of Iowa officials of spreading rumors to block the move toward decentralizing the indigent patient program at University Hospitals. She argues rural hospitals need changes amid financial strain and aging populations, with action awaiting Gov Branstad.
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DES Moines
University of Iowa
Jo Ann Zimmerman
Waukee
Zimmerman
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Audit cites 13 Iowa colleges for inflated hobby course reports
State audit of Iowa community colleges finds Kirkwood and 12 others overstating contact hours to draw state aid. Kirkwood counted aerobics, Swedish massage, meditation, and inmate courses as eligible, while Northeast Iowa NICC did not overstate hours. The switch to enrollment based funding increases scrutiny of DPI reports.
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Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar
Richard Johnson
Department of Public Instruction
Johnson
DPI
Kasey Kiplinger
Iowa Western
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Kiplinger
John White
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