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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 5/6/18

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May 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:50 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have adjourned their 2018 legislative session. Republicans with control of the Legislature held near simultaneous debate Saturday in order to approve a sweeping $2.1 billion tax cut bill that they hailed as the largest in state history and Democrats decried as unfairly favoring the wealthy. The legislative activity caps a marathon of votes in recent days to finalize spending bills that will make up the roughly $7.4 billion state budget that goes into effect in July.

MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a corrections officer at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women has been assaulted by an inmate. The Iowa Department of Corrections said in a news release Saturday that the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Mitchellville prison. Officials say the inmate attacked after being told to return to her cell. The corrections officer was not seriously injured.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Officials say it will likely take days to retrieve several barges that broke free on the Mississippi River and hit a dam at Dubuque. The Telegraph Herald reports that the barges struck Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 11 shortly after 3 p.m. Friday. Dubuque Fire Department Lt. Charles Blasen says officials were considering closing bridges for fear one of the barges could get through the dam and hit a bridge support. The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge and the Julien Dubuque Bridge are both downriver.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting two women in April now faces an additional charge. The Des Moines Register reports that 26-year-old Gage Sheldon Bauer, of Altoona, was arrested Friday on suspicion of assault with intent to commit sex abuse. He was arrested April 16 on similar charges after reports of incidents at a Clive business called Mr. Massage.