30 Mar 2004

Iowa Senate Defeats Anti-Gay-Marriage Amendment

By Joe Collins
• A proposed state constitutional amendment specifying that marriage is between a man and a woman was narrowly defeated in the Iowa Senate. Lawmakers debated whether the resolution, which defines marriage as a union between only one man and one woman, was needed and rejected the amendment, 25-24, after a two-hour debate.
23 Mar 2004

Iowa Republicans Propose State Budget

By Joe Collins
• State legislators led by the Republican majority have unveiled a $4.4-billion budget for Iowa that does not include a tax increase. The total budget represents a spending increase of $110 million over last year.
16 Mar 2004

Northwest Airlines Resumes Link to Memphis

By Joe Collins
• Northwest Airlines has announced that beginning on May 1, it will be offering daily nonstop jet service between Moline and Memphis, Tennessee. Northwest will start with one flight daily and add a second daily flight on June 10.
09 Mar 2004

Two Candidates Seek Senator Brian Sievers' Seat

By Administrator
• Iowa Senator Bryan Sievers, R-New Liberty, has two Democrats vying to face him in the general election this fall. Eldridge Mayor Frank Wood, who also serves as associate principal at North Scott High School, announced that he will be seeking the Democratic nomination and will face off against Dennis Starling, the Calamus man who nearly defeated Sievers in the 2002 District 42 race.
03 Mar 2004

Quad-LINC Library Catalog to Get New Look

By Joe Collins
• Quad-LINC, the Davenport Public Library's online catalog and a shared database with other Quad Cities libraries, will have a dramatically new look this month. New software will provide enriched information that library users are accustomed to seeing on commercial Web sites.
24 Feb 2004

New Iowa Bill Could Lead to Cold-Medicine Restrictions

By Joe Collins
• Consumers would be limited to buying only two packages of certain over-the-counter cold medicine under a bill adopted by the Iowa House Public Safety Committee. House File 2259 prohibits a retailer from selling and a person from buying, in a single transaction, more than two packages of cold medicine (in tablet form) containing pseudoephedrine as the product's sole active ingredient.
17 Feb 2004

20th Street Overlook to Get Facelift

By Joe Collins
• One of the best places to watch eagles in the Quad Cities is getting a new look. The 20th Street Overlook is located at 20th Street and Highway 92, just east of Casino Rock Island. The current facility was built in the early 1970s after the construction of the floodwall and includes a RiverWay kiosk, lots of stone riprap, and numerous concrete planters.
10 Feb 2004

Iowa Supreme Court Rules on Racetrack Taxes

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a state law that has taxed racetracks at a higher rate than riverboat casinos. The action is the final step in a judicial battle that began more than a year ago and reached all the way to the U.
03 Feb 2004

St. Ambrose Students Collect School Supplies for Iraqi Children

By Joe Collins
• Stirred by reports of Iraqi children without basic school supplies, a group of St. Ambrose University students has created "Operation Pencil Box," a special five-day event to collect donations from area residents to provide overseas assistance to the children of this war-torn country.
27 Jan 2004

Iowa Governor Suggests 60-Cent Cigarette Tax

By Joe Collins
• Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has released his budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2005. The governor is recommending a $4.771-billion budget for next year, an increase of 5.8 percent or $260 million over the current fiscal year.

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