VANDER PLAATS OF SIOUX CITY SAYS GAY MARRIAGE IS AN ISSUE

SIOUX CITY—LIKELY IOWA REPUBLICAN GUBENITORIAL BOB VANDER PLAATS OF SIOUX CITY SAYS GAY MARRIAGE WILL BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE 2010 G-O-P PRIMARY. VANDER PLAATS HAS PROMISED TO ISSUE AN EXEC UTIVE ORDER WHICH WOULD EFFECTIVELY BAN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN IOWA UNTIL A CONSTITUTIONAL AMMENDMENT COULD BE PLACED ON A STATE-WIDE BALLOT.
CRITICS SAY THE [...]

ENSIGN TALKS EDUCATION IN SIOUXLAND

SIOUX CITY—A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012 SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT FOR REPUBLICANS TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION.
NEVADA SENATOR JOHN ENSIGN, WHO WILL SPEAK IN SIOUX CITY TONIGHT, SAYS THE U-S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE WORST IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.
SPEAKING IN LEMARS MONDAY AFTERNOON, ENSIGN SPOKE OF INCREASING EDUCATIONAL CHOICES.
HE ALSO ADVOCATES CHANGES IN [...]

CULVER VS VANDER PLAATS OF SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—GOVERNOR CHET CULVER, A DEMOCRAT, HAS OFFERED A STINGING REMARK TO A SIOUX CITY REPUBLICAN WHO IS LIKELY TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2010-CHALLENGING CULVER’S RE-ELECTION.
REPUBLICAN BOB VANDER PLAATS HAS AGAIN CALLED ON CULVER TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BLOCK GAY MARRIAGES IN IOWA.
CULVER’S REPLY WEDNESDAY WAS SHARPER THAN IT WAS LAST WEEK [...]

NORFOLK ATTACK LEADS TO NEW BILL

LINCOLN—Regina Seamann told lawmakers she still has nightmares about the day a patient at the Norfolk Regional Center assaulted her, leaving her bloodied, bruised and terrified. Seamann, a nurse at the center, said the patient was angry about being locked out of his room. She lost consciousness in the attack, suffered nerve damage and two [...]

AREA SENATOR FINED FOR FENDER BENDER

PIERRE—State Sen. Sandy Jerstad was fined $413 after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge for a parking lot fender bender. The Sioux Falls Democrat, through her attorney, entered the plea Thursday to failing to furnish information by a driver in a property damage accident. As part of a plea agreement, another misdemeanor charge of [...]

AREA LAWMAKER COULD BE FINED

LINCOLN—A SOUTH SIOUX lawmaker faces a fine for failing to file a report about his campaign fundraising. The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission said Wednesday that Sen. Robert Giese of South Sioux City had not filed the required post-election statement that was due Jan. 13. His campaign is subject to a late fee of $25 [...]

CULVER STAYS POSITIVE IN SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—IOWA GOVERNOR CHET CULVER REMAINS OPTOMISTIC WITH THE STATE’S ECONOMY WHILE SAYING GOVERNMENTS CANNOT RELY ON WASHINGTON TO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS.
CULVER, WHO DISCUSSED JOB CREATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SIOUXLAND CHAMBER TUESDAY, SAYS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
CULVER SAYS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE BALANCE ANOTHER $400-MILLION WILL NEED [...]

VANDER PLAATS EYES GOVERNOR’S SEAT

SIOUX CITY—A NORTHWEST IOWA REPUBLICAN WHO’S RUN FOR GOVERNOR TWICE BEFORE PLANS TO RUN AGAIN IN 2010. IN THE 2008 ELECTION CYCLE, BOB VANDER PLAATS CAMPAIGNED EXTENSIVELY WITH REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MIKE HUCKABEE, WHO WON LAST YEAR’S IOWA CAUCUSES:
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VANDER PLAATS IS A FORMER COACH, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL WHO LEFT EDUCATION HEAD A [...]

CLAUSEN WELCOMES INPUT

SIOUX CITY—THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAYS HE IS THERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT.
LARRY CLAUSEN SPOKE TO KSCJ TUESDAY ABOUT A POSSIBLE MEASURE ALLOWING COUNTY SUPERVISORS IN IOWA TO APPROVE COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS WITHOUT PUBLIC REFERENDUMS.
COURT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ASKED THE LEGISLATURE TO RECLASSIFY THE PROJECTS [...]

GRASSLEY & KING TALK MONEY

BEIGHTOL AND STEVE HOSTED OPEN LINE TUESDAY AND SPOKE WITH SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY AND CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING, WHO EACH COMMENTED ON THE NATION’S ECONOMIC CRISIS…
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