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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2013
Page
8
Gov. Terry Branstad presses lawmakers to pay 20 percent of state health insurance premiums, arguing leaders should set a personal example to move Iowa toward a healthier future. Senate leaders indicated no immediate action, while House Republicans back the idea in principle.
State Auditor David Vaudt called Governor Terry Branstad s proposed 2014 and 2015 budgets the most fiscally responsible he has analyzed in a decade saying they eliminate chronic gaps and bad budgeting. He credited modest spending growth and better tax collections for reducing a 764 million gap and noted the plan spends 99 cents per dollar of tax receipts while aiming for sustainable, long term budgeting.
Governor Branstad promotes a 400 million property tax reform with a 20 percent cut for commercial and industrial rates and annual land value growth cap of 2 percent. Backfill would offset local revenue losses as Cedar County's Jeff Kaufmann joins supporters. Eastern Iowa officials include John Etheredge, Brad Gaul, and Alan Ostergren.
The Iowa House passed a bill 93 to 6 restricting when governments may condemn private land for recreation or lake development. The measure curbs DNR condemnation authority, adds landowner protections, and targets plans like Clarke County's 900 acre lake for Osceola drinking water and economic growth.
Sen. Tom Courtney D Burlington plans a return to the Iowa Senate this week after a February 28 double bypass. Democrats need his vote to push Medicaid expansion education reform and the state budget debates. Courtney, 65, has held key roles on budget and judiciary panels and represents Louisa Des Moines and parts of Muscatine counties.
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