(DES MOINES)- Rep. Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) welcomed Erin Edge of Eddyville to the capitol this week. Erin is a Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Officer.
Local Leaders have their own State of the Union Message for Congressman Latham Des Moines, IA – When the President addresses gun violence in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Rep. Tom Latham will have the voices of his constituents ringing in his ears –imploring him to support the common sense measures for […]
By Rep. Dave Loebsack In a time when our economy continues to struggle and we face an unsustainable debt, it is more important than ever to hold Members of Congress accountable to the citizens that they represent. Far too many Iowans are out of work or underemployed, and struggle each day to make ends meet. […]
Senate Update Natural Resource Concerns Those of us who sit on the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee spent some time this week learning about some serious threats to some of Iowa’s most valuable resources. Most people are at least somewhat aware of the threat to our deer population from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This […]
Work Begins on Expenditure Limitation Constitutional Amendment Subcommittee meetings have begun on HJR 2, the constitutional amendments to limit state spending to 99 percent of on-going revenue. HJR 5 would place two amendments on the ballot for Iowa voters regarding the Legislature’s power to tax and spend. The first amendment limits the size of the […]
Greetings from Under the Golden Dome This week, Iowa taxpayers won a small victory. The Iowa Senate voted unanimously in favor of a bill that would help every Iowa tax payer by coupling the Iowa tax code with the federal code. Every year, the General Assembly considers an Internal Revenue Code Update bill. This legislation […]
This week the Allowable Growth bills passed out of the Senate setting the growth rate for next school year. In FY13, the current school year, the rate was set at 2% making the per pupil cost $6,001 and providing $3.9 billion to Iowa schools. Fiscal Year 14 was set at 4% providing just over $4 […]
The third week of the 85th General Assembly is in the books. We continue the early sparring on the issues that will dominate and define this session, primarily property tax reform and education reform. There are a lot of moving parts here under the dome. We have the agenda that Governor Branstad has defined. We […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The special election to fill the open Mahaska County Supervisor seat, left vacant when Ken Rozenboom moved into his new chair in the Iowa Senate, will be decided on next Tuesday, January 29th. Both candidates for the position, Mark Doland (R) and Tom Rielly (D), participated in the public forum at Smokey […]
As part of his Condition of the State address, Governor Branstad released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014 and 2015. As in the previous two years, the Governor’s budget is built upon his goals to create 200,000 jobs, raise family incomes by 25 percent, make Iowa #1 in education again and reduce the cost […]
