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Opportunity through public policy: Different approaches in Washington and Des Moines

Posted on 04/30/2021 at 11:12 AM by Mike Owen

President Biden’s challenge to Congress to rejuvenate the nation came as a welcome contrast to what Iowans are seeing from...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Child care, Clean energy & climate, Covid-19, Family support & well-being

American Rescue Plan tax credit will boost families

Posted on 04/16/2021 at 02:12 PM by Peter Fisher

By now, many of us have seen the first of many benefits of the latest COVID-19 relief bill — funds...

Categories: Family support & well-being

Proposed elderly credit expansion misses target need

Posted on 04/15/2021 at 04:00 PM by Peter Fisher

As the Legislature continues to debate tax changes, little attention has been paid to a new property tax credit provided...

Mental health funding: Fool me once …

Posted on 04/09/2021 at 01:34 PM by Mary Nelle Trefz

Among several tax elements, Senate File 587, the tax bill passed by Iowa Senate on a party-line vote earlier this...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Health

Tagged As: iowa legislature, Mental health, Property tax, State taxes

Bad tax policy — at twice the price

Posted on 03/11/2021 at 05:32 PM by Mike Owen

Senate File 576 was already a terribly costly tax bill that Iowa cannot afford. Now, it appears to be twice...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Tagged As: iowa legislature, State taxes, Tax fairness

More than ‘Thank you’: Boost the minimum wage, and Iowa's economy

Posted on 03/09/2021 at 01:59 PM by Peter Fisher

As Iowa legislators move through a 14th consecutive session without action on a minimum wage increase, low-wage Iowans are left...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Tagged As: Minimum wage

When will Iowa stop eroding its foundation in education?

Posted on 02/19/2021 at 11:11 AM by Mike Owen

One of the most misunderstood and easily distorted statistics in Iowa political debate is what the state spends on K-12...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Schools

RAC giveaway costs grow as lawmakers reach stagnant education funding deal

Posted on 02/16/2021 at 03:05 PM by Mike Owen

Iowa businesses large and small received nearly $70 million from the Research Activities Credit (RAC) in 2020. Taxpayers sent most...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Tagged As: subsidies, Tax credits

Astonishingly callous blow to jobless Iowans

Posted on 02/11/2021 at 03:00 PM by Colin Gordon

The decision by Governor Reynolds to lift both the state’s partial face mask mandate and any remaining social distancing restrictions...

Categories: Jobs & labor, Safety net & work supports

Tagged As: COVID-19, Unemployment insurance

Lawmakers fail on equity and opportunity for Iowa public school students

Posted on 02/10/2021 at 01:01 PM by Anne Discher

A House subcommittee approved an education bill Tuesday that would punish Iowa school districts by taking away funding if they...

Categories: PK-12 schools, Racial equity

Tagged As: iowa legislature, LGBTQ+, Supplemental State Aid

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Opportunity through public policy: Different approaches in Washington and Des Moines

American Rescue Plan tax credit will boost families

Proposed elderly credit expansion misses target need

Mental health funding: Fool me once …

Bad tax policy — at twice the price

More than ‘Thank you’: Boost the minimum wage, and Iowa's economy

When will Iowa stop eroding its foundation in education?

RAC giveaway costs grow as lawmakers reach stagnant education funding deal

Astonishingly callous blow to jobless Iowans

Lawmakers fail on equity and opportunity for Iowa public school students

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