Branstad Panel on U of Iowa Hospital Funding Accused of Secrecy
Iowa lawmakers charged Governor Branstad named 11 member commission to review University Hospitals funding operated by the University of Iowa with secrecy. They say the group lacks public notice and is dominated by hospital or university ties while a state study pursues changes to a $26 million program aiding low income care.
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DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa City
Sue Mullins
R-Corwith
Mullins
Johnie Hammond
D-Ames
Hawaii
Dick Vohs
Vohs
University of Iowa
Statehouse
Branstad
Marvin Pomerantz
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Deere admits lockout in labor dispute at Deere plants
Deere & Co officials acknowledged a defensive lockout of workers at several facilities amid the UAW dispute. The admission came during an Iowa Employment Services appeal hearing over unemployment benefits for thousands of workers, with final ruling expected in about a week.
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Waterloo
Deere & Co
United Auto Workers
Richard Mayer
Deere
Mayer
Iowa
Arthur Hedberg
Des Moines
Obed Moistre
UAW
Alumni Endow Chair at University of Iowa
University of Iowa Alumni Association creates a 1 million dollar endowment pool to fund an undesignated chaired professorship in the College of Liberal Arts, to be available in six to seven years. The gift supports the Iowa Endowment 2000 campaign and will include three undergraduate full ride scholarships starting next fall.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Alumni Association
U of I College of Liberal Arts
Association
Sue McDevitt
Rock Island
Ill
U of I
College of Liberal Arts
Gerhard Loewenb
Loewenberg
James O. Freedman
McDevitt
Freedman
Iowa
U of I Foundation
Alumni Association
Des Moines meatpacker seeks incentives for 6.4 million expansion
Iowa Packing Company aims to add 250 jobs with a 6.4 million expansion in Des Moines but warns relocation to Illinois if the city and state do not offer 310 thousand dollars in aid. Officials have assembled an 855 thousand dollar incentive package to counter Chicago’s cheaper meat plant option.
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DES Moines
Daniel Ochylski
Iowa Packing Company
Illinois
Iowa Packing
Ochylski
Chicago
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Brown
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Rock Island, Ill
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