On Wednesday, March, 23, 2016, Crystal Jimenez-Boender, launched her campaign for Supervisor of Mahaska County. A lifelong resident of Mahaska County, she is ready to help the County by facilitating a collaborative effort between the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Mahaska County. “I decided to run for County Supervisor because I want to see positive […]
The legislature made some significant progress again this week in the 2016 General Assembly. The House and Senate conference committee announced a deal on education spending for FY17. There is good news and bad news in this agreement. The good news is that our local school districts can now work to get their budgets set […]
Resolution on Education Funding Schools will finally have certainty to approve their budgets as agreement has been reached on next school year’s education funding. This agreement will provide local K-12 schools with an additional $153.8 million. This represents 87% of new spending in this year’s budget. Under Republican leadership in the House, this will be […]
Week 10 of the 2016 legislative session is wrapped up with some significant developments at the Capitol. We reached agreement on some tax issues that have bogged us down for some time when the House and Senate agreed to couple the Iowa tax code with the federal code as we have for a number of […]
The New Revenue Estimate In December, House Republicans calculated there was $153 million in revenue growth for the Legislature to allocate in FY 17. As a result of the new revenue estimate made Wednesday, there is now $176.7 million in revenue growth in FY 17. The 99% Expenditure Limitation Law will limit spending to $7.351 […]
(DES MOINES) – This morning, Rep. Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) supported House File 2433, a bill that provides direct and immediate tax relief to thousands of Iowans and also provides permanent tax clarity for Iowa businesses. “Iowans know how to invest their own money and don’t need the government telling them how to spend it,” […]
It appears that legislation to “couple” Iowa tax law with the federal code for the 2015 tax year is finally going to happen. On Thursday morning the Senate Ways and Means committee agreed to bring a bill out of committee that will allow deductions for agriculture and small businesses the same as they have in […]
The House and the Senate have reached an agreement on two key issues… It includes provisions related to so-called “coupling” and “consumables.” First, it includes the House tax coupling Bill, which prevents a $95 million tax increase on Iowans. This “coupling” with the federal tax code benefitted more than 177,000 Iowa taxpayers in 2014 including […]
Reaching Consensus on Behalf of Iowans House Republicans are fighting for and delivering results for Iowans. For weeks, House Republicans have been fighting to give taxpayers a seat at the table while also investing in the priorities of Iowans. This week, the House delivered on that promise by securing agreements on tax coupling and consumables. […]
(OSKALOOSA) – This week, Rep. Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) filed nomination petitions to seek re-election to District 79 in the Iowa House of Representatives. House District 79 is comprised of western Mahaska County and portions of Marion County, including Pella. Vander Linden was born in Oskaloosa and graduated from the University of Iowa and holds […]
