GOP Candidates: End Tax Credits for Ethanol, Wind Energy
Four Republican presidential candidates called Tuesday for phasing out federal energy tax credits, including those for wind energy and ethanol, the corn-based fuel additive. The calls came despite Iowa...
View ArticleLaw to Reduce State Supervisors Never Fully Implemented
A law aimed at slashing the number of supervisors overseeing the work of Iowa state employees has never been fully implemented. Lawmakers learned November 16 that Senate File 2088, the government...
View ArticleGingrich Gets Straight “A”s from Iowa Corn Growers
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the only presidential candidate to receive straight “A”s in a report card on agricultural issues released November 30 by the Iowa Corn Growers Association....
View ArticleProperty-Tax Relief Tops Priorities for Business Groups
Iowa business groups, undeterred by the lack of success this year in getting state lawmakers to lower property taxes, will make the issue a top priority once again in the 2012 legislative session. The...
View ArticleSlight Uptick in Revenue Gives Lawmakers $250 Million More Next Year
Governor Terry Branstad and Iowa lawmakers will have $6.25 billion in state revenue to work with for the Fiscal Year 2013 budget, and state law allows them to spend up to 99 percent of that amount....
View ArticleSocial-Conservative Leaders Endorse Santorum, Advocate Team Approach
In a move intended to bring evangelical voters behind a single candidate, Iowa social-conservative leaders on December 20 endorsed former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum for the 2012 Republican...
View ArticleRomney Wins Iowa Caucuses, Eight Votes Ahead of Santorum
It was an Iowa-caucus night that came down to the wire, with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum running neck-and-neck for first place in the...
View ArticleKey Differences Remain on Property-Tax Reform
As a businessman, David Greenspon owns four buildings in the Des Moines metro area and says he pays more than $387,000 a year in property taxes. “They’re expensive,” said Greenspon, president of...
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No Poison Apple? Terry Branstad’s Education Proposal Aims to Be Palatable to...
Meaningful education reform is always fraught with political peril. By definition, it challenges the status quo. There are also disparate vested interests – from teacher unions to parents to school...
View ArticleBusiness Leaders Urge Bold Action on Property Taxes; Local Governments Warn...
Iowa business leaders on January 17 urged lawmakers to be bold and reduce commercial property taxes so the state can be more competitive, while local-government officials warned the loss of revenue...
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