Tax expenditures – special tax credits, deductions, exclusions, exemptions, deferrals and preferential tax rates – substantially reduce the revenue the …
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Tax expenditures – special tax credits, deductions, exclusions, exemptions, deferrals and preferential tax rates – substantially reduce the revenue the …
State senators made the right calls this week on a pair of traffic safety bills. A bipartisan majority of senators …
Marion’s new police chief is already mixing things up, and we look forward to the new landscape. Joe McHale is …
Lawmakers and Gov. Terry Branstad are right to pull from the state’s cash reserves to fill the latest $131 million …
With the help of $3 million in federal grants, the Iowa Sexual Assault Kit Initiative has completed the state’s first …
On a recent Friday, State Reps. Ken Rizer, R-Cedar Rapids, and Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, stood before a large room filled …
We saw welcome evidence this week that the Republicans who run the Iowa Legislature are capable of restraint. In some …
That Gov. Terry Branstad has chosen only Republicans to serve on the state’s judicial nominating commissions is troubling. Far worse …
Iowa law doesn’t place production caps on homegrown companies manufacturing tools or valves or tractors. But if you’re a distiller …
Time for thoughtful debate has not been a hallmark of the 2017 General Assembly. We hope the urge to fast-track …
In the debate over automated traffic enforcement cameras, state lawmakers have a clear choice. Will it be a my-way-or-the-highway-style legislative …
Iowa lawmakers are missing the point. County supervisors didn’t enter the minimum wage fight on a whim. Local governments didn’t …
Another session of the General Assembly, another partisan squabble over Iowa’s K-12 funding. What does it mean when the state …
After nearly 80 years, Iowa’s ban on consumer fireworks is widely ignored and lightly enforced. Anyone who spends much time …
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