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Danger ahead: Gutting education, health and safety with tax cuts

Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen

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The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Child care, Clean air & water, Early childhood, Health, Higher education, PK-12 schools, Public Safety

Good climate response means good jobs

Posted on October 14, 2021 at 5:36 PM by David Osterberg

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One day a year, climate scientists in Iowa come together to focus attention on an issue we need to confront...

Categories: Clean air & water, Clean energy & climate, Jobs & labor

Tagged As: Climate change, Energy, Iowa Economy, Iowa jobs

Tax swap — best kept off the table

Posted on January 9, 2021 at 4:23 PM by Mike Owen

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It was good news this week to learn Governor Kim Reynolds would not pursue her tax-swap plan this session, trading...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Clean air & water

Tagged As: Income tax, Property tax, Sales tax, Tax fairness

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