Using stimulus funds bridged a gap in revenues and kept Iowa out of a race to the bottom.
Archive for the ‘Organization’ category
Unreasonable fear about ‘one-time’ money
February 21, 2012Minimum wage just doesn’t keep up
February 16, 2012The State of Working Iowa 2011 offered a good perspective on the arguments we are hearing now against an increase in the minimum wage. We should raise it and index it to inflation.
Cities have development tools beyond TIF
February 15, 2012The indefensible thing in the 2012 legislative session would be to make significant commercial property tax changes without fixing abuses of TIF.
Iowa Senate to families: Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2012The increase would put Iowa into the top tier among the 22 states and the District of Columbia that offer an EITC.
Budgeting in context
February 8, 2012The budgeting decisions of last year ought to be viewed in context.
The Tax Foundation’s indefensible mish-mash
January 30, 2012What the “State Business Tax Climate Index” offers is, at its core, an indefensible mish-mash of “Stuff the Tax Foundation Doesn’t Like,” which should be the title.
Iowa leads the way to kids’ health coverage
January 23, 2012Two recent reports highlight Iowa’s success in extending health insurance coverage to children.
Case is compelling to reform TIF
January 19, 2012Another public TIF reform meeting is scheduled Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City.
The need for TIF reform
January 12, 2012Economic development types have become addicted to the idea that they can use TIF to do many things without regard to the impacts on neighbors or even the real purpose of TIF.
Quality of life — the path to good jobs and schools
January 11, 2012A whopping 63 percent of Iowans voted in 2010 for a constitutional amendment that would dedicate funding to improve Iowa’s waters and land. Now, that is a mandate.
