Panel nears recommendation on property taxes
Des Moines lawmakers inch toward a plan to inject about 25 million dollars into the school aid formula to ease property tax loads while debating how to shield commercial property from rising bills. The panel signaled a possible short term fix with long term changes, scheduling another meeting for January 24.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Des Moines
Chet Culver
Johnson County
Comercial Property Tax Commission
Dan Smith
Smith
Culver
Tenta
Tively
Don Shoultz
Waterloo
Commission
Terri Goodman
Jim Kurtenbach
Nevada
Shoultz
New Public Safety Chief Outlines Iowa Dept Priorities
Amber Bryant Tapper reports that Gene Meyer the new Iowa Department of Public Safety commissioner addressed the House Public Safety Committee to define department priorities. He emphasized safety as the top state goal and noted funding will shape tech and initiatives. Directors highlighted narcotics enforcement crime lab tours and Internet Crimes Against Children program expansion.
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Amber Bryant-Tapper
Gazette Des Moines
Stephen Bugle
Division of Criminal Investigation
Iowa
Meyer
West Des Moines
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Capitol Digest: Livestock Zoning and Wage Debate
A trio of Democratic representatives seek local control over large scale livestock locations. House File 29 faces a cloudy fate as a six week subcommittee studies livestock issues. Senate Labor cancels its minimum wage bill over living cost concerns. House aims to pass with no COLA, sending to Senate next week. Property tax tweaks target inequities within Culver commission reforms.
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House
Senate
Pat Murphy
D-Dubuaque
Labor Committee
Iowa officials push for real time pseudoephedrine tracking
Iowa narcotics officials urge lawmakers to create an electronic real time database to alert pharmacists when buyers exceed the legal limit of pseudoephedrine. The decongestant is a key ingredient in meth production and used in many cold medicines.
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Ken Carter
Division of Narcotics Enforcement
Carter
Iowa
Mexico
DES Moines
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