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Crying Wolf on Zero Percent Allowable Growth
By State Senator Paul McKinleyYou might be familiar with the famous children’s fable titled, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.”In that story, a boy with a flock of sheep repeatedly tricks his fellow villagers...
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Budget Deal Should Be Iowa House Republicans Final Offer
In order to appease Iowa Senate Democrats, the Iowa House leadership roll out a budget deal which more than meets Senate Democrats half way. KCCI reports:House Speaker Kraig Paulsen announced at a...
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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad Delivers His 2013 Condition of the State Address
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad gave his 2013 Condition of the State address to a packed, but rather subdued, Iowa House chamber.His address entitled, “Our Opportunity. Our Iowa” outlined three primary...
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Iowa House Tackling Property Tax Reform
Our work in the Iowa House continues on solutions to provide serious and meaningful property tax relief. Property tax reform has been a decade-long problem that previous legislatures have not been able...
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Education Reform Debate in Iowa House Liveblog
The Iowa House is debating the education reform bill (HF 215) proposed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.Updates:2/20/13 (10:57 am): Shane again… It isn’t too often that I’ll carry a liveblog over to the...
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Iowa House Passes Education Reform Bill: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
State Representative Ron Jorgensen introducing HF 215The Iowa House passed Governor Terry Branstad’s education reform bill (HF 215) with amendments. I liveblogged (along with Eric Goranson) during the...
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Education Reform: Iowa House Republicans Outmaneuver Senate Democrats
Just an update about yesterday’s conference committee on education reform up at the Iowa State House. Iowa House Republicans said they’d be willing to do 4% allowable growth this year and next IF the...
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Iowa Legislature Approves Landmark Home Education Legislation
The Iowa Legislature yesterday afternoon approved significant education liberty items when the Iowa House voted 91-0 and the Iowa Senate 40-10 to pass the conference committee report released by the...
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Iowa Governor Terry Branstad Signs Historic Education Reform Bill
Governor Terry Branstad (R-IA) signed House File 215 into law this morning at a signing ceremony held at Des Moines North High School. He touted the legislation as historic during remarks given before...
View ArticleErasing the Deficits in State Government
When I decided to run for the state Senate, I did so because I was disappointed with our government. When I looked around the political world, I noticed three glaring deficits: a budget deficit, a...
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