Due to the overwhelming success of Linn County’s garage sale for used, surplus office furniture and miscellaneous items on April 20, Linn County is cancelling its previously scheduled garage sale dates of April 27 and May 4. All of the garage sale items, with the exception of a few wooden hangers, were sold on...
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A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Tuesday, April 24, 2012: REVENUES INCREASING: Net state tax revenue across all state funds over the 12-month period that ended in March increased 5.5 percent over the same period one year ago, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Legislative Services Agency....
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DES MOINES – Iowans should have access to mental health services regardless of where they live as a result of legislation lawmakers say will be approved before they adjourn. Senate File 2315, which was approved 66-32 by the Iowa House April 24 – a week after the Legislature’s scheduled adjournment, also puts in place...
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By Ed Tibbetts/Quad-City Times A day ahead of President Barack Obama’s stop in Iowa, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign tried Tuesday to sway young Americans in the 2012 election, arguing college costs are up and employment is down for those who have just left school. The president will be in Iowa City on Wednesday to...
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Although President Obama’s support among Millennials has dipped since the 2008 election, a new poll shows he is widening his lead over likely general election opponent Mitt Romney among those of 18- to 29-year-old voters. Obama will visit the UI Field House at 1 p.m. April 25 to talk about the need for Congress...
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DES MOINES – Iowa House and Senate budget negotiators are moving toward agreement on higher education funding that a House Republican called a “significant increase” in funding for Iowa’s regents universities. They started out $65 million apart with Senate Democrats proposing a $34 million increase to $556 million for the three regent universities. House...
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DES MOINES – Legislation that provoked a partisan shouting match over who was doing more to protect Iowans from sex offenders sailed through the Iowa House 97-0. The Republican-controlled House took language added by Senate Democrats that would bar violent sexual predators from being transferred into nursing homes, but insisted on keeping their original...
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By Mike Wiser/Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said the state Department of Education and local school districts need to look at how they handle bullying complaints and change their policies if necessary. Branstad’s comments came after the suicide of Kenneth Weishuhn, a 14-year-old boy from South O’Brien High School in...
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  DES MOINES – A weekly ritual for members of the Iowa House is the Thursday afternoon publication of email newsletter to constituents back home. Scores of legislators sending out email blasts to thousands of newsletter subscribers sometimes slows the Statehouse network to a near dial-up crawl. Now a few lawmakers are taking their...
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76th Ave Dr. SW is closed to all traffic from 3505 76th Ave Dr. SW to Ely Road for culvert replacements. closure is expected to last approximately one week. Continue reading
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