Iowa DOT seeks public input on 25 year transportation priorities
Iowa officials plan to discuss five transportation alternatives with annual costs from 390 million to 594 million dollars. The plan explores tolls bonds and taxes and possible shifts in road use tax revenue. Public discussions run through summer with a plan approval in November and adoption in January 1997, aiming to guide future community growth and job stability.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Ames
Iowa
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Planned Parenthood sues Iowa over Davenport abortion clinic block
The suit alleges state health cost containment is used to block a Davenport abortion clinic in retaliation for Planned Parenthood's stance. It claims the Health Department obstructs reproductive care, violating women's rights. The state denies the charges. A Branstad panel evaluates need for new services under a licensing law aimed at curbing duplicate costly equipment.
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Des Moines
Planned Parenthood
Davenport
Jill June
Planned Parenthood of
Greater
Iowa
Health Department
Terry Branstad
Woman arraigned for perjury in Sons of Silence inquiry
Cedar Falls woman to be arraigned on charges she lied to a federal grand jury and to agents about the beating of Jerry Van Brocklin by Sons of Silence members. Van Brocklin testified the September beating occurred in Folkers kitchen. Hazlet and Pierce were involved and others were convicted of racketeering and drug charges. Folkers faces up to five years and 250000 dollars fine per count if convicted. FBI investigated the case.
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Gazette
Cedar Falls
Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club
Grand Jury
Jerry van Brocklin
Sons of Silence
Hazlet
Pierce
van Brocklin
Folkers
U.S
Branstad Aims Item Vetoes to Avoid Special Session
Governor Terry Branstad plans line item vetoes to trim a projected $40 million deficit in fiscal 1998 rather than call a special session. He cited off budget spending and multi year commitments, while backing caps on gambling revenue and saving money for future tax relief and infrastructure.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Gretchen Tegeler
Ernor
Governor's Committee
Tegeler
Fisher Commission
Iowa CSRU License Warning Triggers Million in Collections
Iowa's Child Support Recovery Unit says a December license warning to parents behind on payments led to over $1 million in overdue support being collected in three months. Officials note 22 000 nonpaying parents received notices for 1996 warning that licenses and vehicle registrations could be affected under a 1995 law.
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Iowa
CSRU
Jim Hennessey
Bureau of Collections
Hennessey
Iowa Department of Transportation
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Tom Aller
Quad Cities
Motorcycle Club
Jacob Hazlet
Kirk Pierce
Folkers’ Kitchen
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FBI
Stormin
Norman
Norman J. Stevenson
TJ Neenan
Linn County
Kevin
Amana
C.R
Fred J. Gibson Ccim
Rita A. Gibson
Gibson
Scityune
Proformas, Inc
Julian Milian
Callins
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