Separate trials ordered for accused filmmakers
A Polk County District Judge ordered separate trials for Wenc Weiner Runge Matthias Alexander Saunders and Zachary LeBeau on fraud and ongoing criminal conduct charges tied to inflated state film tax credits. Trials set for Nov 1 January February with each lasting about two weeks. defenses foresee potential testimony from Runge and LeBeau, weighing against a joint trial.
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Ing
Wenc Weiner Runge
Matthias Alexander Saunders
Zachary LeBeau
Minnesota
Gamble
Iowa
5Th Judicial District
LeBeau
Runge
Saunders
Matthew Whitaker
U.S
Whitaker
Robert Rehkemper
Iowa Film Office
Robert Rigg
Drake Legal Clinic
Polk County
O'Connor Defends Iowa Judge Selection System
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor urged Iowans to keep the merit based selection process and oppose removing three state Supreme Court justices who ruled to strike down a same sex marriage ban. She spoke in Des Moines on a panel organized by the Iowa State Bar Association.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’connor
Iowa
Iowa State Bar Association
O’connor
O'Connor
State Supreme Court
Bob Vander Plaats
Marsha Ternus
David Baker
Michael Streit
Miller-Meeks reveals no health insurance despite job loss
Republican U S House candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she and her husband faced a July income loss and declined to obtain health coverage by choice. Her husband later found a lower paying job as River Hills Community Health Center CEO, and she notes insurance remains unnecessary for her based on family health history.
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Miller-Meeks
Des Moines
U.S. House
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
GOP
Des Moines Register
Curt
Ottumwa Regional Health Center
Dave Loebsack
River Hills Community Health Center
Iowans favored for 300 to 500 Fort Madison prison jobs
James Lynch reports the Iowa DAS says preference laws aim to favor Iowans for 300 to 500 jobs on a $131 million Fort Madison prison project as bids open Sept. 16. The agency plans to follow state law and the project labor agreement while consulting with the Attorney General. they may not apply the preference to out-of-state bidders.
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Fort Madison
Robert Bailey
Department of Administrative Services
Builders’ of
Iowa
Das
Attorney General's Office
Bailey
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