by admin | Feb 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Iowa House voted Thursday to exempt the rebates from the federal stimulus package from state income taxes, but majority Democrats would not agree to create a state tax break to match a new federal tax break on business equipment and machinery. House Republican...
by admin | Feb 29, 2008 | Health & Medicine
Iowa Governor Chet Culver has agreed to reject thousands of dollars in federal funding for abstinence only education programs. Culver made his decision after a teen pregnancy prevention group called on him to do so. Future-net executive director Rhonda Chittenden says...
by admin | Feb 29, 2008 | Outdoors
A newly-revamped website offers Iowans a host of information about more than 130 of the state’s lakes and how water quality improvements could translate to economic benefits. Catherine Kling, an economics professor at Iowa State University, says the website is...
by admin | Feb 29, 2008 | Military
The U.S Department of Veterans Affairs is sending millions to Iowa for construction at the Veterans Home in Marshalltown. The home is to be expanded and existing facilities will under renovation. "In the first round we got $27 million in federal...
by admin | Feb 28, 2008 | Business
An increasing worldwide demand for large, horsepower tractors is good news for Deere and Company and for the city of Waterloo. John Deere plans to spend around 90-million dollars over the next two years to upgrade equipment and expand production at the company’s...
