Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:26 am
As previously reported, lawmakers have been looking at commercial tax reform, hoping to reduce the amount of taxes collected from commercial properties from 100% to 60%. Yesterday, the chairman of the Senate Ways and Means committee said they will not even consider commercial property tax reform until the Earned Income Tax credit is expanded.
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Keywords: commercial property, tax reform
Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:25 am
Photo courtesy: siemens.comNew medical technology is coming to Washington County Hospital and Clinics.
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Keywords: MRI Equipment, Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:24 am
Earlier this week, a Carter Lake student with peanut allergies was rushed to a hospital after eating a peanut granola bar at school. Schools around the state have been considering going peanut free. Mid-Prairie Middle School and Elementary Nurse Jenna Grout explained the system they use to keep peanut products away from kids with allergies.
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Keywords: allergies, peanut, school
Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:23 am
As previously reported, the National guard announced that they would have to cut the financial aid given to its members from 90% to 50%.
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Keywords: Education, National Guard, Scholarship
Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:22 am
Today is the last day to buy tickets for the National Wildlife Turkey Federation fund raiser coming up Saturday.
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Keywords: National Wildlife Turkey Federation
Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:21 am
Noontime piano concerts are returning to the Washington Public Library tomorrow.
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Keywords: Debbie Stanton, Noontime Concerts, Washington Public Library
Posted: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 6:30 am
A meeting is being held next week to discuss Washington’s growth.
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Keywords: Washington Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee
Posted: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 6:28 am
General enrollment in the Medicare Parts A and B is happening now.
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Keywords: Elizabeth Koehn, Medicare Enrollment
Posted: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 6:27 am
As previously reported, a Washington Community School District van transporting cheerleaders to a wrestling event in Fairfield was involved in a rollover accident around 9:30 Saturday morning near Pleasant Plain due to a thick glaze of ice on area roadways.
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Keywords: cheerleaders, van Rollover, Washington Schools
Posted: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 6:26 am
Lawmakers are looking at changing the mental health system in Iowa. The overall goal of the change will be to standardize treatment across all of Iowa, rather than treatment which varies from county to county as it does now.
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Keywords: Mental Health, reform, system
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