Government Policy and Law

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2011 federal tax deadline will be April 18

Taxpayers will have until April 18 this year to file their federal returns, the Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday. The date was extended from the traditional April 15 deadline because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed …

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Hill named head of homeland security in Iowa

Brigadier General J. Derek Hill of the Iowa Air National Guard will serve as the Homeland Security Advisor to Gov.-elect Terry Branstad, and will serve as head of Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in …

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House Republicans have a budget plan

Immigrants, preschoolers and college professors will lose funding under a budget plan that Iowa House Republicans say will save $500 million.

Soon to be the majority party in the House of Representatives, the caucus said …

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County officials sworn into office

The Polk County Board of Supervisors elected John Mauro, 4th District Supervisor, as its new chairperson and Angela Connolly, 5th District Supervisor, as vice-chairperson for 2011 in the first official public meeting of the new …

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Closer Look


What does the IAJ do?

What we do is we protect our civil justice system; we seek justice; we seek to ensure that laws exist so that when people and entities make mistakes that result …

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Jury rules against Gross in benchmark age discrimination case

Jack Gross, who has pursued what has been described as a precedent-setting age discrimination case against FBL Financial Group Inc. for the last five years, will keep on fighting after a jury ruled against him …

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Federal-state partnership launched to combat mortgage fraud

State and federal officials this morning announced the creation of a new joint working group aimed at investigating and prosecuting mortgage fraud in Iowa.

The working group, led by U.S. Attorney Nick Klinefeldt and Iowa …

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Iowa Power Fund report released

Iowa Power Fund investments are generating an average of $22.7 million in additional annual economic activity in the state, according to a new study by the Iowa Office of Energy Independence. The economic impact study …

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Power Fund deserves a checkup


Republicans in the Iowa Legislature still aren’t being specific about budget cuts, but the moment is fast approaching. At a panel discussion last week at Drake University, House Majority Leader-elect Linda Upmeyer vowed that $200 …

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Iowa sales tax revenues down 3.5 percent

State sales tax revenues decreased by more than 3.5 percent in fiscal 2010, according to figures released this week by the Iowa Department of Revenue. The total retail sales tax due on returns filed for …