Fewer state employees will be devoted to safeguarding tax money, public safety, health and the environment, an examination of staffing levels by the Des Moines Sunday Register found. This comes when Iowa's state auditor is finding more instances of misused tax money and when recession-battered Iowans are seeking more state services.

When officers tried to stop him, Sifrit, 31, allegedly tried to elude them. Police followed him down Forest Avenue, 24th Street, then Carpenter Avenue. At one point Sifrit allegedly slammed on his brakes, then headed down an alley and accelerated. Officers turned on their lights and sirens and began chasing the car.