A pair of Republican-backed property tax proposals advanced Thursday at the Iowa Capitol — but not before local government leaders, business advocates and Democrats warned that a proposed 2 percent cap on annual local revenue growth could squeeze city and county budgets as costs rise faster.
They have agreed to separate Homeland Security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund DHS for two weeks while they debate Democratic demands for curbs on ICE.
All three members of a House subcommittee signed off on a bill Thursday that would grant up to $3 million to the University of Iowa each year for pediatric cancer research.
At a school tour in Des Moines, Reynolds also announced her legislative proposal to align all per-pupil state funding for public schools to charter schools.
Entertainers, tech executives and athletes increasingly voicing concern about ICE tactics in Minneapolis and beyond
The Iowa Democratic Party is carrying nearly $200,000 in debt after repaying money tied to disgraced cryptocurrency executives, according to the party’s latest state financial disclosure report.
Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that would allow Iowa to revoke public pension benefits from public employees convicted of felonies, while acknowledging the bill’s current language is overly broad and will require changes.
A long awaited meeting between two members of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors and representatives of Havenpark Communities, a Utah based mobile home park owner, took place Tuesday afternoon in Iowa City.
Iowa Senate committee advances bill that would require county registrars to verify the U.S. citizenship of Iowans registering to vote using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE.
The proposed legislation would require school districts to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all employees, and state regulators to confirm the lawful presence of any individuals who apply for state licensure.
The county was able to bump its fiscal year 2027 increase up from its original expectation of 3.5 percent, thanks to a larger-than-expected budget surplus.
The legislation would ban local governments from issuing identification cards like the ones issued by a Johnson County program that has been around since 2015.
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