State parks generate $8.7 billion in consumer spending that supports 8,300 jobs and provides $649 million in state and local tax revenue. And yet, we can’t find the money to fix up rangers’ homes.
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State parks generate $8.7 billion in consumer spending that supports 8,300 jobs and provides $649 million in state and local tax revenue. And yet, we can’t find the money to fix up rangers’ homes.
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What if Trump had used the power of the presidency to mandate “The Trump Triumph vaccines” for every American? Governors like our own Kim Reynolds wouldn’t have resisted the mandate because their beloved leader had imposed it.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed budget includes a status quo budget for the Department of Corrections and a $399,370 cut for the Iowa State Patrol.
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Molly Donahue
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Feb. 1 marked National Freedom Day. While the observance was created to commemorate the day in 1865 when President Lincoln …
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Iowans are starting to learn more about another major piece of the Senate bill. Call it The Great Tax Swap.
Maka Pilcher Hayek
Guest Columnists Feb. 6, 2022 6:00 am1451d ago
While Iowa is sitting on a $1.24 billion surplus, our governor has proposed less than half the amount of funding our schools need to operate successfully
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Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses face some tough questions.
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