Iowa on Tuesday June 30, 2009

IA: Iowa program funds jobs projects
By James Q. Lynch, Quad-City Times
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Seven of the first eight projects funded by the state job creation and infrastructure rebuilding program are in Cedar Rapids, a city that officials say sustained more than half of the damage caused by June 2008 flooding in the state.
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IA: Iowa, Midwest tourists flood Iowa attractions
By The KCCI Staff, KCCI-TV 8 (Des Moines)
Managers of some of Iowa's tourist hot spots said Monday that their summer attendance is up.
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Furloughs cut into state services
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt.
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IA: Iowa community gets $1 million for housing
By The Associated Press, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
DYERSVILLE, Iowa - The community Dyersville is getting a $1 million grant for the construction of new single-family homes.
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IA: New laws to affect a variety of Iowans
By Rod Boshart, Quad-City Times
Consumers, farmers, sex offenders, septic tank owners and wine drinkers are among the Iowans who will be impacted by new state laws slated to take effect Wednesday.
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IA: Iowa DOT cautions travelers about work zones over July 4 holiday
By The Times Staff, Quad-City Times
AMES, Iowa - Travel during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday could be slowed somewhat by road construction, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation, or DOT. Several projects on Iowa's interstates could warrant advance planning on the part of drivers.
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IA: Proposed Casino Site Moved
By The Associated Press, KCCI-TV 8 (Des Moines)
HAMPTON, Iowa -- The site for a proposed casino in northern Iowa has been moved.
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IA: Deere says 800 workers to leave in voluntary program
By The Associated Press, The Des Moines Register
Deere & Co. says about 800 salaried workers will leave the farm machinery maker under a voluntary separation program announced in April.
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US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more.
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US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill.
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US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
By Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year.
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