Farm Bureau plan aims to reform Iowa property taxes with STIR Iowa
The Farm Bureau proposes replacing 2000 local TIF districts with one statewide TIF, borrowing 2 billion to spur growth, and boosting rural school funding. The plan seeks regional economic development, lowers local tax force, and questions the school funding mechanism while urging state-level control to curb local tax incentives.
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Iowa
Farm Bureau
Stir Iowa
Tom Vilsack
Stir Town
Iowa Farm Bureau
Creativity is key to solving college woes
Leo Higdon Jr President of the College of Charleston argues public higher education faces a funding crisis as state revenues fall and enrollments rise. He urges reform sharing onus between universities and legislatures, calls for efficiency, partnerships, and strategic program review to sustain education and economic growth amid cuts.
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Leo Higdon Jr
Center For Public Policy In Higher Education
Harold Hovey
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia
The
College of Charleston
Bail reform path to equal justice under law
The piece argues pretrial detention should hinge on risk, not wealth. It critiques money bail as unfairly favoring the rich, cites the Vera Institute of Justice, and supports supervised pretrial programs and unit based bail to balance innocence presumption with public safety. Chris Stone of Vera Institute weighs in.
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Los Angeles Times
Phil Spector
Vera Institute of Justice
California
Chris Stone
New York
Duct tape and cover in era of orange alert
Opinion column criticizes Homeland Security on Orange Alert and ridicules its recommended precautions. It argues the White House uses fear to rally support for the Iraq war, noting politicians and officials, including Colin Powell and President Bush, and warning that such tactics heighten danger rather than improve safety.
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Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Ridge
Martha Stewart
Home Depot
Washington Post
Colin Powell
U.N. Security Council
Bush
Saddam Hussein
White House
Iraq
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