My friend Doug Miller, owner of Great River Studios production company in the Quad Cities, brought the following to my attention today.
The following is from an article credited to the globegazette.com: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING: The Iowa Senate has revised its fiscal 2013 budget for economic development programs that includes $20 million for state business incentives, $200,000 to keep the Iowa Film Office operating and $2.3 million to maintain or reopen Iowa Workforce Development field offices.
The amendment Senate Democrats seek to attach to House File 2337 would allocate $1.1 million for satellite offices in Decorah, Fort Madison, Iowa City and Webster City and another $1.2 million to reopen IWD offices in Ames, Atlantic, Denison and Newton.
Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo, the bill’s floor manager, said another $150,000 would be allocated to the state library to license an online resource to improve job skills and vocational test-taking abilities of unemployed or under-skilled workers.
The proposal also calls for $4 million for a regent universities innovation fund and would move the Iowa Film Office to the state Department of Cultural Affairs with funding for two full-time positions.
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