Iowa Legislature ends overtime session with bipartisanship
After 130 days of debate over abortion budgets education and taxes the Iowa Legislature adjourned its overtime session in a bipartisan late morning. Gov Branstad praised lawmakers for passing health care reform education reform and historic property tax relief while bridge building across party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Republican
GOP
Terry Branstad
McCarthy
Linda Upmeyer
R-Clear Lake
Byrnes
Municipal officials decry new property tax compromise
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City officials oppose a state law shifting multi residential properties from commercial to residential tax treatment over ten years. They fear revenue losses nearing 10 million and 7.7 million annually by 2024 without state backfill. Local funding gaps may force cuts after 2015.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Iowa
Corbett
Casey Drew
City of
Drew
Fruin
Jeff Pomeranz
Iowa lawmakers pass wide range of changes in 2013 session
The 2013 Iowa Legislature enacted numerous laws affecting drivers homeowners and students. Online license renewals extend to eight years, student driver rules tighten with a year of supervised practice and one unrelated passenger limit, and a 35 cent E 911 surcharge hike keeps pace with a dollar line item. Penalties rise for radar jammers aggravated misdemeanors require DNA samples for offenders, and farm tour liability protections expand. Tuition at regent universities may be frozen next year with funding increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iown
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Gas tax plan stalls as Iowa lawmakers adjourn
Iowa lawmakers closed the 2013 session with no fuel tax increase, leaving road repair backlog unresolved. A 2012 commission recommended an 8 to 10 cent rise plus fees, but opposition from Republicans and anti tax groups blocked action. The issue likely returns in 2014 amid reelection campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Josh Byrnes
R. Osage
House
Transporta
Tion Committee
Republican Party of
Iowa
Americans For Prosperity
Senate Republicans
Byrnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kraig Paulsen
R-Hiawatha
Kevin McCarthy
D-Des Moines
Washington
Branstad
James.lynch
Sourcemedia.net
Erties
Ron Corbett
Geoff Fruin
Rick.smith
TheGazette.com
Boshart
REHA
Hwy
Wellman
Rehagreenhouses.com
Walker
Anarlie Litenneius
Ves Moines Register
Scott Walker
R-Wis
Iowa Gop
Sheraton
West Des Moines
Chris Larimer
University of Northern Iowa
Michael.Wiser
Lee.net
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!