Capitol Digest 4-1-09
Here are legislative items of interest for Wednesday, April 1:DEEPER REVENUE SLIDE: State tax collections last month were 7.6 percent lower than March of 2008, continuing the downward slide with three...
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Waterloo lawmaker saves choking woman
Rep. Kerry Burt, D-Waterloo, at right, performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sue Jennings when she was choking in the Capitol cafeteriaDES MOINES – A Waterloo lawmaker saved the day Thursday for a woman...
View ArticleState revenues slowly inch positive
DES MOINES – State tax collections are beginning to inch in a positive direction but continue to cause heartburn for fiscal 2011 budget architects.Now eight months into the current fiscal year, net...
View ArticleState tax collections improve in March
DES MOINES – Net state revenues’ strong rebound last month was encouraging, but still may not give a true picture with three months left in the fiscal year, a legislative tax analyst said...
View ArticleState tax collections up 7.7 percent in April
DES MOINES – State fiscal officials are breathing a little easier that current revenue projections will hold through June 30 thanks to a second straight month of positive growth in state tax...
View ArticleState revenue down, but better than expected
DES MOINES – State fiscal experts are fairly certain tax collections for fiscal 2010 will finish better than projected by June 30, but still well below the previous year’s state receipts.Net state tax...
View ArticleState fiscal 2010 revenue lowest in four years
DES MOINES – Net state tax collections for the 12-month period that ended Wednesday were the lowest in four years and further evidence Iowa struggled through “a really bad recession,” according to a...
View ArticleState revenues open fiscal 2011 flat
DES MOINES – Net state tax collections opened the 2011 fiscal year with a flat showing in July, totaling $2.3 million below the same month one year ago, according to the Legislative Services Agency’s...
View ArticleHarkin, Braley to raise funds for Loebsack campaign
Democratic 2nd District U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack is wasting no time ramping up his campaign in what might be Iowa’s next 2nd District.Loebsack will get a little help from his friends Sen. Tom Harkin and...
View ArticleFirst redistricting maps appear headed for approval
DES MOINES, Iowa – The only question mark remaining in this year’s redistricting process may be Gov. Terry Branstad.The House and Senate on Thursday are expected to debate the new proposed...
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Iowa property tax relief plan gains committee OK
DES MOINES – The House Ways and Means Committee approved a “very bold” property tax relief plan, but not before adding a provision for annual adjustments if economic growth doesn’t offset local...
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State revenue grows 6 percent in fiscal 2011
(Jonathan D. Woods/The Gazette)DES MOINES – State government ended fiscal 2011 on a positive financial note with tax collections finishing the 12-month period on June 30 up 6 percent, the state budget...
View ArticleState rejects Linn County redistricting map, orders changes
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz has rejected Linn County’s proposed new election map a second time, ordering the county to either re-draw it or have an alternative imposed upon it.Supervisors will...
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Linn supervisors vote to draw their own districts
Iowa Sec. of State Matt Schultz, center, during a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) CEDAR RAPIDS – To avoid political...
View ArticleLinn County’s redistricting saga: What’s happened, what’s next
Iowa state law goes to great lengths to prevent state legislators, county supervisors, and city council members from having a direct role in redistricting, the once-every-10-years redrawing of...
View ArticleLinn supervisors narrow redistricting choices, will decide Friday
Linn County supervisors will probably decide Friday on the county’s new election districts, picking one of three possible maps.The three plans, differing by only a precinct here and there, were...
View ArticleTax increment financing getting legislative scrutiny
DES MOINES – Several state senators acknowledged Tuesday that there have been abuses of tax increment financing (TIF) authority that should be addressed, but they argued against revamping a valuable...
View ArticleSecretary of State proposes method to challenge county redistricting
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowans would have a way of challenging their counties’ redistricting plans under a proposal by Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz.Under the plan announced Tuesday by Schultz’s office,...
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Iowa state revenue estimates revised upward $80 million
David RoedererDES MOINES — State revenue estimators on Friday bumped up their state tax collection projections by about $80 million through June 2013, saying Iowa’s economic recovery is outperforming...
View ArticleIowa posts record month for net state tax collections
Net state tax receipts collected in May were the most of any month in Iowa history.The $794.5 million deposited in the state treasury after refunds broke a previous record of $791.1 million in net...
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