Newsletter Archive

Property taxes and education funding

• School district enrollment and property tax comparison
• Property tax solution survey
• Are Iowa's public universities bloated or under-managed

Are your city's property taxes unreasonable?

When property taxes grow faster than household budgets they:

• Force people on fixed incomes out of their homes
• Make it harder for young families to afford their first home
• Consumes more income from renters and homeowners alike

Breaking Bad Barriers

• Major Licensing Reforms Deliver Opportunity
• Policy Experts Across the Country are Taking Notice
• Tax Filing and Payment Deadlines

What did legislators accomplish?

• Legislative session recap
• Removing occupational licensing barriers
• Protecting businesses and health care providers
• Iowa's $7.78 billion budget review

Back Under the Dome

• Lawmakers return to the Capitol
• COVID liability protection
• Removing excessive licensing regulations
• Reynolds is delivering transparency
• Somebody's going to pay the bill

• 05/29/2020 - Recovery roadmap
• 05/22/2020 - Iowa's Digital Divide
• 05/15/2020 - Nancy Pelosi pushes more spending
• 05/08/2020 - Iowa's economy has shrunk $1.6 billion
• 05/01/2020 - Freeze government salaries
• 04/24/2020 - Getting back on track
• 04/17/2020 - Potential property tax increase? 
• 04/07/2020 - Privacy concerns for government tracking
• 04/03/2020 - How exposed is Iowa's economy?
• 03/27/2020 - Tom Brady keeping his distance – from taxes
• 03/20/2020 - Rolling Back and Giving Back
• 03/13/2020 - Canceled: high tax rates
• 03/06/2020 - Government's Moneyball
• 02/28/2020 - We don't have to wait
• 02/21/2020 - Government wants to ride in your car
• 02/14/2020 - Unnecessary and excessive
• 02/07/2020 - Illegal Haircut for Super Bowl MVP?
• 01/31/2020 - Cut our income tax rates!
• 01/24/2020 - How big of a raise should gov't get before you get a tax cut?
• 01/22/2020 - Property taxes for climate change. What's next?
• 01/17/2020 - Governor: "Cut income taxes to 5.5%"
• 01/10/2020 - A 2020 vision for helping you keep more money