Branstad seeks two year budget with cuts to education and services
Iowa Governor Branstad proposed a two year plan raising spending 3 percent in 2018 and 2.2 percent the next year while cutting 110 million from higher education human services corrections and courts. Republicans want tax relief but differ on how to fund the changes.
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Rob Hogg
Dcedar Rapids
David Roederer
State Department of Management
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Charles Schneider
West Des Moines
Senate Appropriations Committee
Branstad speech earns mostly A for accuracy in fact checks
The Gazette Fact Checker grades statements from Governor Branstad’s Condition of the State address. Unemployment decline to 3.8 percent earns a B while employment highs since 2011 earn an A. tax relief, ethanol and wind claims receive A. education funding is near accurate. and 47 percent of workers hold a postsecondary credential earns an A.
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Iowa State Education Association
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