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The big 7% Off Sale! An annual folly for Iowa

Posted on July 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM by Mike Owen

Iowa's annual "Sales Tax Holiday" is a costly, confusing boondoggle that does little for those it purports to help. But who rushes to a "7%-off sale" anyway?

Categories: Budget & taxes

Tagged As: Sales tax, sales tax holiday, Vouchers

Vouchers a radical blow to Iowa’s commitment to free, universal public education

Posted on January 18, 2023 at 10:40 AM by Anne Discher

Common Good Iowa executive director delivered the following comments at the January 17, 2023, public hearing on HSB 1, which...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Income tax, Vouchers

Vouchers undermine Iowa’s long-standing commitment to adequately funded, quality public schools for every child

Posted on March 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Kelli Soyer

Kelli Soyer is a senior policy advocate at Common Good Iowa. She spoke against the school voucher bill, HSB 672,...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Equity, Schools, Vouchers

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Senate committee advances inadequate school funding proposal — again

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Posts in tag Vouchers

The big 7% Off Sale! An annual folly for Iowa

Vouchers a radical blow to Iowa’s commitment to free, universal public education

Vouchers undermine Iowa’s long-standing commitment to adequately funded, quality public schools for every child

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