Edwards vows tax revamp to boost U S jobs in Iowa
Edwards addresses a 15 000 strong audience in Newton Iowa highlighting a Maytag plant shutdown in Galesburg ill moving jobs to Mexico. He pledges tax and regulatory changes to discourage job exporting and reward domestic hiring, noting 1 6 million private sector and 2 7 million manufacturing losses since Bush took office. Dan Ronayne counters that Bush aims to keep workers employed. Anti meth plans Also Monday Edwards out
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Edwards
Maytag Corp
Galesburg
Mexico
Kerry
America
Bush
Dan Ronayne
Bush-Cheney
Iowa
Bush to Rally in Cedar Rapids Amid Iowa visit
President Bush schedules his 10th Iowa stop with an early afternoon rally at the U S Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. Tickets are at Insync Sales and Marketing in Hiawatha. A related plan proposes restricting pseudoephedrine to two daily packages, expanding anhydrous ammonia tank locks for farmers, and funding meth cleanup with a $30 million annual price tag funded by cutting wasteful spending.
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Bush
Iowa
U.S. Cellular Center
Cedar Rapids
Insync Sales
20Th Ave
Hiawatha
Farmers see steady demand for Iowa farmland from investors and locals
Land buyers split with 59 percent farmers and 34 percent investors as out of state buyers pursue timberlands and wetlands for recreation. Iowa farmland value rose to 3245 per acre statewide and 3679 per acre in Linn and Johnson counties for high producing land, with expectations of continued rise for three years before a possible leveling. Agricultural economist Michael Duffy notes the 7.4 percent rise, while survey results await December release.
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Louwagie
Iowa ‘T
Iowa
Linn
Michael Duffy
Iowa State University
Marion eyes voluntary annexation of 80 acres near solid waste site
Marion seeks to annex 80 acres west of the solid waste agency property with owner approval and allow a public property inclusion as part of the voluntary move. City officials cite faster action and local control over land use while noting no sewer or water duties under voluntary annexation.
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Solid Waste Agency
Marion
Jeff Schott
John Nieland
Waste Agency
Bluestem
Schott
Kay Lammers
Lammers
Nieland
Steve McCann
McCann
Alarm fines curb repeated false alarms in Cedar Rapids Iowa City
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City impose fines for repeated false alarms. Cedar Rapids bans up to 100 dollars per alarm after four false calls a year, while Iowa City charges up to 50 dollars. A Gazette review notes declines in false alarms and cites specific firm and school incidents through 2008.
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Iowa City
Cristy Hamblin
Gazette
Access Direct
Edgewood Rd
U.S. Cellular
Michael Goldberg
Goldberg
Police Academy
City High
West High
Mark Hanson
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