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Iowa Legislators Try and Work Through Gridlock, More Iowa Players Receive Pro Gridiron Calls: Iowa City Daily Links, April 30
A quick rundown of local news.
Sorry Daily Links fans. The links weren't very daily last week. Will try to live up to the name this week.
On to the Links!
From this Site
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Rod Boshart of the Gazette writes that state legislators are still working overtime (not in a good way) as they remain stymied on the three big issues that were there at the beginning of their session: property tax, education and mental health reform.
Boshart also writes that as legislators argue about the money they will spend, the money they have already decided not to spend (heading for cash reserves) should reach a record high.
Kyle Munson of the Des Moines Register has a nice column on an Iowa City man whose life is winding to a close who was a medical examiner in Dallas during the chaos that was the Kennedy Assassination.
Iowa Hawkeye Football's NFL Factory produced 11 new potential NFL players. See who made it.
Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen profiled a youth bike group.
One person was killed in an accident on Interstate 80 yesterday, writes Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen.
Chastity Dillard of the Daily Iowan writes that Occupy Iowa and other groups supporting Labor Rights will use May Day as a platform for a pro labor protest. I'm guessing they won't do this by leaving M&Ms and stale popcorn on people's doorsteps.
Derek Kellison of the DI writes that Iowa City will be receiving some Thai visitors who want to learn about our government.
Jordyn Reiland of the DI reports that a new buy local bidding policy instituted by the city of Iowa City should help local businesses.
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Daily Links Excerpt (of the Day)
Others worry the situation unfolding at the Statehouse mimics ex-Yankee catcher Yogi Berra’s “it’s déjà vu all over again” observation as legislators face a third week of overtime work with a fiscal 2013 budget agreement continuing to elude them and keeping negotiations in limbo on related reforms in property tax, education and mental health areas.
Top leaders say talks continue to progress, but Sen. Bob Dvorsky, D-Coralville, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said there are challenges to keep some issues from moving backwards as frustrated lawmakers fail to close the remaining gaps in the overall $6.244 billion general fund budget proposal.
“We’ve already gone a couple weeks over. It should not be delayed further,” Branstad said. “The bottom line is still we all need to come together, we need to have a budget that’s affordable and sustainable for the long term, and the time is now to get that done.”
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