Medicaid and tax plans face strong opposition in Iowa
Iowa officials and disability advocates attacked Gov. Branstad s proposals to freeze property taxes and cut Medicaid optional services. ISAC criticized caps on property tax growth as overstepping home rule while Branstad urged spending reforms to curb Medicaid costs and fund state programs.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Branstad
Big Brother
Story County
Fred Mathison
ISAC
Paul Coates
Terry Branstad
Osceola
Robyn Wilson
Peg Eherenman
Waterloo
Branstad plans summer reconvening of spending reform panel
Governor Terry Branstad intends to reconvene the 22 member Governor's Committee on Government Spending Reform this summer to review spending controls and propose further streamlining. David Fisher expects most members to return, with focus on road use tax, Medicaid overhaul, and county and city tax freezes to spur consolidation.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
David Fisher
Fisher
Iowa
EPC to Hold Public Hearings on Water Quality Rules
Iowa public hearings begin on proposed federal water quality standards for drinking water supplies serving 25 or more people. DNR officials say enforcement could rise if EPC adopts the rules after a 180 day review, with sessions in Denison Des Moines and Cedar Rapids plus expanded district hearings.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
State Environmental Protection Commission
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Allan Stokes
EPC
Denison
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Department
Man gets life sentence for Dubuque murder
Ross Neyens was convicted of first degree murder in the stabbing death of Heidi True in her Dubuque home. He received a life term after surrendering 90 minutes after the Nov 30 incident and pleading innocent by diminished capacity. Witnesses testified he acted after True slept with another man following a night at a local bar.
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Dubuque
Ross Neyens
Heidi True
Neyens
True
Eye Institute expansion plan heads for State Board approval
University Hospitals seeks approval to nearly double its Eye Institute project to a five story addition costing 34.5 million, funded by hospital billings. The plan, south of the John Pappajohn Pavilion, adds a family care clinic and ambulatory dialysis suite with space for future growth and related support facilities. Regents vote scheduled during Wednesday in Ames.
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Lyle Muller
Weeee
Eee County Bureau
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Eye Institute
State Board of Regents
John Pappajohn
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Fire and Medical Calls Log With Multiple Incidents
A Sunday into Monday log records numerous 911 responses including medical emergencies at 615 Miller Ave Dr SW 200 First St SE 120 17th St NE 313 32nd St NE 6250 Ave NW 57 Wilson Ave SE 4200 Pioneer Trail SE 299 First Ave SE 3825 Center Point Rd NE and 135 Transit Way plus vehicle fires at 2214 St SW 100 block 1380 NE and an alarm malfunction at 3750 Williams Blvd SW Extrication from a car reported at 3825 Center Point Rd NE 5:15 PM and other EMS calls through 5:29 PM.
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Miller Ave
First St
St. SW
17Th St
32Nd St
Ave. NW
Wilson Ave
Pioneer Trail
Williams Blvd
First Ave
Center Point Rd
Transit Way
Hoover Library chief resigning to form consulting firm
Tom Walsh, executive director of the Hoover Presidential Library Association, resigns to start a communications consulting firm while remaining paid executive director of the Herbert Hoover Foundation Inc. from a downtown West Branch office. He will end his foundation duties at month end and stay involved in Hoover projects including the play Chief about Hoover.
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Donna Lee Olson
Hoover Presidential Library Association
Tom Walsh
Herbert Hoover Foundation Inc
West
the Foundation
The
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Hoover Institution On
Stanford University
Walsh
Hoover
Chief
Linn-Mar extends projects with Kirkwood Marion city
Linn-Mar school board approved continuing three joint programs for next year with Marion Independent, Kirkwood Community College, and the city of Marion. Projects include shared community education with Marion Independent, a Construction Technology house program, and operating the Marion Learning Center. The board also approved the 1992-93 calendar with four in-service days and seven early dismissals.
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Linn-Mar
Kirkwood
Marion
City
Marion Independent
Kirkwood Community College
City of
Marion Independent Board
Linn-Mar and
Marion High School
Assis
Marion Learning Center
OSHA probes second death at Penford plant in Cedar Rapids
Gazette staff report says Eugene Maudsley, 36, of 941 N St SW, died Saturday after a 35 foot fall through an opening to a third floor area at Penford Products Co. Co workers found him at 10 51 p m and he died at Mercy Medical Center. Police do not suspect foul play.
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Sue
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Ames
Ear, Nose and Throat and Dental Institute
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Johnson County
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Beltone Hearing Aid Center
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Farmers State Bank
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Millhouse
Mary Bryant
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Chicago
Products, Inc
First Street
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