TIFs Seen With $283.2 Million Iowa Impact
State senators weigh tax increment financing reforms after updated figures show TIF areas statewide generated 283.2 million in impact across 2,238 active zones. Data cover three fiscal years ending 2010 with 725 million in revenue and 453 million in debt growth. Leaders push baseline discussion amid calls for broad review and targeted relief for commercial property taxes.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Jeff Robinson
Nonpartisan
Legislative Services Agency
LSA
Ysis
Iowa
Joe Bolkcom
Iowa City
Rick Bertrand
Sioux City
Matt McCoy
Brad Zaun
Urbandale
Northey warns flood levees unlikely fixed by spring
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey told the Senate Agriculture committee that more than 150000 acres along the Missouri River watershed were taken out of production by the 2011 flood. He warned that many levees may not be repaired by next spring due to slow work, funding limits, and late water recede timelines.
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Mike Wisor
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Bill Northey
Missouri River
Northey
Iowa Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
Tom Courtney
Burlington
Iowa
Schultz
Secretary of State
Iowa Utilities Board
Libby Jacobs
House Commerce Committee
Lamarka Approved as Outside Counsel for Branstad Administration
The Iowa Executive Council approved hiring Des Moines attorney George LaMarca as outside counsel at 325 an hour to represent Gov. Terry Branstad and his administration in a lawsuit filed by Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey. The decision came without comment.
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Lamarca
Iowa Executive Council
Des Moines
George LaMarca
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Chris Godfrey
Branstad
Tim Albrecht
House
Boyd Chambers
Sheldon
Jason Glass
State Department of Education
Iowa lawmakers bullish on property tax reform hopeful year
Iowa legislators push House Study Bill 500 to ease commercial property taxes with a 14 year phase in and local tax cap. Senate and House leaders voice optimism yet warn work remains amid opposition and potential rate shifts for cities and school funding.
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Merlin Bartz
Grafton
Iowa
Bartz
Boshart
Sourcemedia
House
Ways and Means
Tom Sands
R-Wapello
Kearns
Scott Sanders
Des Moines
Sanders
Iowa League of Cities
Alan Kemp
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