Posted tagged ‘budget’
February 21, 2012
Using stimulus funds bridged a gap in revenues and kept Iowa out of a race to the bottom.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: revenue, budget, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, economy, Iowa Policy Project, American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Governor Chet Culver, Mike Owen, Des Moines Register, ARRA, stimulus
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February 8, 2012
The budgeting decisions of last year ought to be viewed in context.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Andrew Cannon, ARRA, budget, economy, education, environment, health insurance, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, revenue stability, work supports, working families
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January 30, 2012
What 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.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: budget, business taxes, corporate taxes, Economic Policy Institute, Grading Places, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, State Business Climate Index, tax credit, tax fairness, Tax Foundation, tax reform
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January 11, 2012
A 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.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Energy & Environment, Organization
Tags: budget, Des Moines Register, education, environment, Governor Branstad, hog confinement, Iowa, Iowa Policy Project, jobs, Will Hoyer
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December 29, 2011
Iowa is one of 23 states receiving a children’s health program bonus for its performance in 2011.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Andrew Cannon, budget, children's health insurance, CHIPRA, hawk-i, health insurance, Iowa Policy Project, medicaid, poverty, uninsurance, work supports, working families
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November 22, 2011
As we discuss and debate our fiscal future, proposals should be weighed by their effects on people, not with how well the line up with some ideological ideal.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Andrew Cannon, budget, food assistance, food insecurity, food security, food stamps, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, poverty, Thanksgiving
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November 9, 2011
The new measure helps policymakers view the impact of public initiatives to alleviate poverty.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Andrew Cannon, budget, census, children, EITC, food stamps, LIHEAP, poverty, seniors, SNAP, unemployment, work supports
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August 9, 2011
Governor Branstad’s recent education summit drew over 1,600 people, and prominent speakers including the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, former North Carolina Governor James Hunt and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The forum tapped widespread concern about student achievement in Iowa and the United States. While the summit stressed the importance of teacher excellence, [...]
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Andrew Cannon, budget, education, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project
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August 1, 2011
“How many stores promote a ‘7 Percent Off’ sale?”
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Andrew Cannon, budget, education, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, ITEP, sales tax, sales tax holiday
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August 1, 2011
Hear IPP’s David Osterberg Tuesday evening on “The Fallon Forum,” online at 983wowfm.com or on 98.3 WOW-FM. “The Fallon Forum” is Monday through Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. To participate, call (515) 312-0983 or (866) 908-TALK. For more information about the program, see http://fallonforum.com/?p=840.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Energy & Environment, Organization
Tags: budget, David Osterberg, economy, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project
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