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Caucus Newsletter October 19.12

In this edition:

• REC Meets
• Education Task Force Report
• Update on Public Pensions

• Election ’12: Paul Ryan rallies GOP in western Iowa: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Ryan rallies voters in Sioux City: SCJOURNAL
• Economic issues drive trucker vote: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Your driving record now available for viewing online: RADIO IOWA
• Kirkwood, UI forget new ground with joint facility: GAZETTE
• Hoophouses extend growing season in Iowa: GAZETTE
• UI fears reduction in research funds: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Labor statistics come under scrutiny: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Harkin jokes about Romney, Ryan and Steve King with Halloween theme: RADIO IOWA
• Iowa’s renewable energy boom: headed for a bust?: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Christie and Tom Vilsack focus on changing ‘zero’ to ‘one’: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Iowans can’t avoid political ads on tv: GAZETTE
• State awards tax benefits, cash to six cities: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Editor: Stay home on election day: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Obama, Ryan to visit Iowa next week: GAZETTE
• UI researchers find superbug in wildlife: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Election looms over Iowa legislature: SCJOURNAL
• Demographics seeing dramatic changes in Iowa: WCFCOURIER
• Corps progressing on Missouri River repairs: SCJOURNAL
• Election ’12: Steve King best choice in new district: SCJOURNAL
• Schultz may be hurting, not helping, voter ID case: SCJOURNAL

• Election ’12: “It’s time to fight,” Obama tells Mount Vernon crowd: GAZETTE
• District sees problems with drivers passing stopped school buses: RADIO IOWA
• National Historic Landmark status for western Iowa ‘earthlodge’: RADIO IOWA
• State home sales drop in September: RADIO IOWA
• State surplus hits record $688 million and growing: GAZETTE
• Iowa court official accused of gay marriage fraud: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Obama makes early voting appeal, calls Romney plans ‘sketchy’: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Checking the president’s facts: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Speaker Boehner rallies Republicans in Coralville: GAZETTE
• World Food Prize protestors question priorities, big ag influence: GLOBEGAZETTE

• Iowa harvest nearly complete: GLOBEGAZETTE
• EPA extends comment period on Iowa livestock farms: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Branstad raising money, ‘keeping options open’ for run in 2014: RADIO IOWA
• Cedar Rapids casino proponent hosting Branstad fundraiser: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Dec. 11 ‘special election’ in district where candidate died of cancer: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: King, Vilsack raise a combined $6M: SCJOURNAL
• Governor readies tax reform proposal: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Drought-year harvest surprises some Iowa farmers: GAZETTE
• Ideas for education reform short on details: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Would casseroles break congressional logjam: QCTIMES
• Election ’12: Lange: I’ll level with voters if elected: QCTIMES

• Iowa educational task force pushes for calendar innovation: GAZETTE
• Heating bills could be higher this winter: RADIO IOWA
• Small Business Administration has second largest year for loans: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Does it really matter who gets elected president?: GAZETTE
• Meetings set to discuss proposed changes to victim services: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Presidential candidates can’t count on coattails: WCFCOURIER
• Iowa Veterans Home fined after death of resident: QCTIMES
• Iowa on pace for slowest tornado year in 5 decades: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Bill Clinton endorses Christie Vilsack: SCJOURNAL
• UI law school faces trial over liberal bias: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Iowa district says bullying database has helped: QCTIMES
• Election ’12: Eye on Iowa: Voter apathy in Atalissa: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Genetics, other changes promise higher food production: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Church called out for judicial retention pamphlet: QCTIMES

House Speaker Kraig Paulsen (R-Hiawatha) released the following statement regarding today’s Revenue Estimating Conference revisions to the Fiscal Year 2013 projections and their initial projection for Fiscal Year 2014:

“Today’s report from the Revenue Estimating Conference reaffirms that House Republicans’ strong budget leadership has created certainty for taxpayers.

“We must continue to ensure an efficient and effective state budget that does not spend more than the state takes in. Any additional revenue that isn’t needed to balance the budget or fill the reserve funds should not be spent. It should be returned to the taxpayers.”

• Iowa Republicans lay out plans for strong schools and communities: QCTIMES
• Iowa GOP reveals final bits of Iowa Strong agenda: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Romney scratching his head over Obama, Big Bird: WCFCOURIER
• Election ’12: Boswell and Latham debate in 3rd District race: RADIO IOWA
• Judge decides not to block zoning change for Field of Dreams complex: GAZETTE
• Cedar Rapids council backs local group for casino: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: King more aggressive in 5th debate: RADIO IOWA
• Blue Zones small-town demonstration sites; large city finalists named in Iowa: GAZETTE
• Drought workshops underway across the country; RADIO IOWA
• Wiggins to talk on ‘Role of Judiciary’: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Report: Tourist spending in Iowa up 10.3% in 2011: RADIO IOWA
• DNR to discuss chronic wasting disease plan: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Iowa crowd likes what they hear from Romney: QCTIMES
• Election ’12: Vote on Iowa justice seen as test for gay marriage: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Clinton, Boehner plan Iowa visits: QCTIMES
• Election ’12: King, Vilsack debate effectiveness, guns, school lunches: SCJOURNAL
• HWY 20 supporters press Iowa officials to finish expansion; SCJOURNAL

• Election ’12: Iowa’s biggest campaign donors focus on state, not national issues: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Doubling downtown – Could a CR casino extend downtown across Cedar River?: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Archer, Loebsack clash over hot issues at forum: QCTIMES
• Election ’12: Third party isn’t charm for Iowa voters: GAZETTE
• Area men document Iowa’s moths: GAZETTE
• Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area loses funding: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Former GOP leader urges yes vote on targeted Supreme Court justice: RADIO IOWA
• Teaching about sex varies in Eastern Iowa schools: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Romney to campaign in central Iowa on Tuesday: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: The Catholic Association ‘voter guide’ touts Rommey: RADIO IOWA
• Drought takes toll on Siouxland pumpkin growers: SCJOURNAL
• Nonprofits facing shortage of care workers: RADIO IOWA
• Nebraska leads the way to wellness: SCJOURNAL

 

A new October 2012 newsletter is available for viewing. Click the link below to see a PDF version:

Caucus Newsletter 10.5.12

In this edition:

• FY 2012 Ends in the Black; FY 2013 Revenue Still Growing
• Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Jumps Higher
• Education Funding, Up or Down?

• State economic indicators, revenue growth both positive: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Iowa City school district could ask voters for approval to borrow money: GAZETTE
• SOS responds to call for audit of federal funds used in illegal voter investigations: RADIO IOWA
• Woodbury County board splits on four-county mental health group: SCJOURNAL
• Creighton economist sees economic hit to Iowa with slowing ag equipment sales: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: Ryan says more jobs mean more people paying taxes: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Election ’12: Candidates trek to Iowa as early voting continue: QCTIMES