Iowa must roll back tax cuts to avert budget disaster
The Gazette editorial urges Iowa leaders to cut costly tax giveaways as state revenues lag. With a projected end balance of 1.7 million against a 7 billion budget and prior 117 million cuts, lawmakers are urged to curb exemptions and avoid Kansas-sized woes. The piece flags a 25.6 to 100 million shift in business tax relief and warns of future shortfalls and tuition hikes if inaction continues.
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Tatehouse
Iowa
Legislative Services Agency
Department of Revenue
Kansas
Community letters and concerns on public art and ethics
Readers criticize a mural on the Coe College wall in Cedar Rapids urging a change of subject and color. They voice anger at Ringling Brothers animal shows and Iowa ag gag laws amid worries about local culture and environmental contamination.
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Coe Road
Cedar Rapids
Coe
R. Overton
Ringling Brothers
Shrine Circus
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Williams Claims Democrats Hoodwink Black Voters And Denigrate GOP
Walter Williams argues blacks are misled by Democrats who he says were hostile to black rights and that Republicans historically supported Black progress. He cites figures like Faubus Connor Wallace and Byrd, contrasts civil rights votes, and criticizes current Dems over school vouchers and policy toward black workers.
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Republican Party
Prager University
Carol Swain
Vanderbilt University
Woodrow Wilson
Federal
Civil Service
White House
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
U.S. Supreme Court
Brown v. Board of Education
Theophilus Eugene Connor
Bull Connor
Birmingham
Ala
Connor
Faubus
Crats
Alabama
George Wallace
University of Alabama
House of Representatives
Betsy DeVos
National Education Association
Milwaukee County
David Clarke
Donald Trump
Clarke
Corbett Sets June 20 Announcement At NewBo Market
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett plans a June 20 speech at NewBo City Market timed for 6 p.m. news coverage. He says he will announce a new game plan for Iowa while not revealing a formal run for governor. Corbett has led Engage Iowa since 2015 and travels statewide advocating tax and quality of life reforms.
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Ron Corbett
Corbett
Sweet Home
NewBo City
Iowa
Engage
Republican County Central
Kim Reynolds
Reynolds
Des Moines
NewBo
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