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Capitol News Letter Highlights 61st Legislature Issues
Captiol News Letter surveys the 61st general assembly focusing on taxation reapportionment and state school aid. It notes rising property taxes from 284 million in 1957 to 432 million in 1993 and arts debate over state controls for school funds. It covers reapportionment sub districts politics and a shift to Democratic control of state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
61St
General Assembly
State Department of Public Instruction
Department
Polk County
Statehouse
Theodore Garfield
Gary Cameron
Fairfield
Paul Franzenburg
Conrad
Kenneth Owen
Centerville
Lorne Worthington
Lamont
Lawrence Scalise
Carlisle
Evan Hultman
Hughes
Scalise
Hultman
Melvin Lynhurst
Orange City
M. L. Abrahamson
Bone
Chet B. Akers
Ottumwa
L. B. Liddy
Des Moines
Goce
Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Iowa