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Ethic board to hear second complaint about Polk redistricting
Urbandale :: IA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The merits of a second complaint made over a new map for Polk County supervisor districts will be debated Tuesday by a state ethics panel. Members of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board will meet Tuesday afternoon via telephone to consider
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Rural towns wonder how to keep kids
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Young people continue to leave rural North Carolina at an alarming rate, and the exodus will continue as long as the best jobs and volunteer opportunities are somewhere else, community leaders said Wednesday at the annual Rural Partners Forum. Andrea
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Polk plans for growth in wake of Legoland
Winter Haven :: FL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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But, though excited by Legoland's presence, the community is trying to strike a delicate balance between preserving its current quality of life and supporting the growth that Legoland will likely need down the road. "We're trying to get out in front
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Counties see rise in property tax appeals
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Links Last year Roger Little noticed the property taxes on a lot adjacent to his Independence home had almost doubled from where he thought they should be. Turned out the lot which sits about 12-feet below the street level and is kept up as a play
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Property taxes rise as market values fall
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Links Over the past few years the majority of property owners in Marion and Polk counties have seen property tax bills increase despite the collapse of the real estate market...A rising percentage of owners have seen the market value of their
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Iowa should set up 5 to 15 mental-health regions, advisory panel says
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Iowa's mental-health services should be coordinated by regional administrators, overseeing at least three counties apiece and serving populations of 200,000 to 700,000 people, an advisory board is recommending to legislators. Several advisory boards
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Charges against juveniles jump
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Written by Filed Under The number of youths prosecuted in Polk County for serious crime has increased sharply since 2009, a trend that is costing taxpayers dearly and sending community leaders searching for solutions. Formal court petitions against
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Prosecutors seek medical records for driver in fatal Des Moines house crash
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Written by Filed Under A Polk County judge is expected to decide in the next few weeks whether prosecutors will get access to the medical records of a man who crashed his car through a south Des Moines home in January, fatally knocking a woman into
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State uncovers lost evidence in Cannon murder case
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Four long-missing boxes of evidence from the Philip Scott Cannon triple murder case have been found in the evidence room at the trial division of the Oregon Department of Justice, Attorney General John Kroger announced today. At Krogers request, the
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Polk County studies public safety communications overhaul
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Written by Filed Under The system public safety officials use to communicate in Polk County needs millions of dollars of improvements, and county officials are trying to sort out how to pay for a major overhaul during lean budget times. Officials say
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