Abbe Center residents face move to smaller houses over budget fears
About 125 Linn County residents at the Abbe Center for Community Care may be relocated to smaller group homes due to budget cuts shifting costs to Medicaid. Staff note the center’s daily rates of 119.32 for basic care and 148.97 for mental illness care, with the state contributing 28 and the remainder from Social Security, private insurance, and savings.
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the Gazette
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1860 County Home Rd
Linn County
Dan Streitner
Abbe Services
Occupy protesters brace for cold Iowa winter
In Des Moines and Iowa City Occupy Wall Street demonstrators face an icy season. Up to two dozen camp at Stewart Square near the Capitol as overnight lows dip into the 30s. Protesters say they will stay to draw attention to corporate profits and inequality. Bill Lewis, 31, who receives Social Security disability payments, vows readiness for extreme cold.
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Iowa City
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Iowa
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Iowa weighs vehicle exemptions and tax loopholes
The state studies exemptions and waivers on vehicle registration and fuel rebates, noting a $1000 fee on a $20000 car but not on farm use trucks. The Governor's Transportation 2020 panel orders a June 30 report on revenue losses from these tax breaks and how they affect motorists and state finances.
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Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Stuart Anderson
Iowa Department of Transportation
Anderson
Governor's Transportation 2020 Citizen Advisory Commission
Field of Dreams site to be preserved by new owners
Don and Becky Lansing announced that the Field of Dreams site near Dyersville will be sold to Go the Distance Baseball LLC run by Mike and Denise Stillman. The plan is to develop the cornfield site into a baseball and softball complex while preserving its legacy. Purchase price was not disclosed.
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Field of Dreams
Associated Press
Iowa
Don
Becky Lansing
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Denise Stillman
Go the
Distance Baseball LLC
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