Better pension sought for early state retirees
Iowa lawmakers scrutinize the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System and study proposals to allow retirement at 62 after 30 years, easing early exit penalties. Rep. Gene Blanshan backs changes to free up jobs for younger workers, despite potential higher costs for government. Officials note the fund covers about 190,000 workers, with teachers constituting nearly half. Investment income and employee contributions fund roughly half of the pension fund.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Blanshan
Blanshaw’s
Blanshaw
Branshaw
Dennis Jacobs
Job Service of
Jacobs
Railroad seeks tax refunds from 31 Iowa counties
Burlington Northern Railroad sues in Polk County seeking nearly 1 million dollars in refunds for 1979 and 1980 property taxes. The suit cites a federal ruling that Iowa tax laws are unfair for rollbacks lacking credits and names 31 counties with specific refund amounts. The action, likely not going to trial until next year, could impact county, city, and school revenues.
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DES Moines
Burlington Northern Railroad
Iowa
Polk County District Court
Burlington Northern
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
John Torbert
Iowa State Association of Counties
Torbert
West Liberty council weighs goats grazing in city limits
West Liberty officials clash over a herd of 15 to 40 goats grazing on vacant lots and near a preschool. Mayor Combs will have police enforce a no goats rule, citing trespass concerns while residents support rustic grazing and question private property access.
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Liberty
West Liberty
Vince Ottaway
Mike Tholen
Tholen
Wapsie Park
Shepherd
Mildred Gregg
Gregg
Larry Combs
Judge scraps case over vague law on patient neglect
A district judge dismissed charges against Paula McKee, 27, of Madrid, in a Woodward State Hospital School case, ruling that the Iowa statute banning wanton neglect of a health care facility resident is unconstitutionally vague. Boone County Attorney Oeth may appeal, with the Attorney General's office ready to take the case.
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Des Moines
Woodward State Hospital
Second Judicial District
James C. Smith
Carroll
Paula McKee
Madrid
Woodward
Boone County
Steven Oeth
Iowa
Oeth
Iowa Supreme Court
Smith
Iowa Lottery safeguards health amid new jackpot wheel
Iowa Lottery officials welcome strong public interest in the new game but require releases from participants to avoid lawsuits if players collapse from excitement. The wheel, made in Colorado, will be tested before public spins likely on the 13th or 20th. Ten spinners draw from pools of prior $100 prize winners, with jackpots shared if multiple hit the jackpot slot.
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Iowa
Stanek
Oregon
Colorado
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