Posted tagged ‘Iowa Fiscal Partnership’
March 20, 2012
What we have in Des Moines is a leadership problem and a governing problem.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Energy & Environment, Organization
Tags: budget, David Osterberg, economy, education, environment, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, water quality
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March 6, 2012
The only thing that is self-evident is that Iowa lawmakers are not putting taxpayers’ money where their voices are: toward more and better water-quality initiatives.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Energy & Environment, Organization
Tags: Brian McDonough, David Osterberg, environment, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Mike Owen, water quality, Will Hoyer
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March 2, 2012
At what point do we say, “Enough is enough,” and start making the investment in our natural resources?
Categories: Budget and Tax, Energy & Environment, Organization
Tags: Brian McDonough, clean water, David Osterberg, IDALS, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa DNR, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, water pollution, water quality, Will Hoyer
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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: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, ARRA, budget, Des Moines Register, economy, Governor Chet Culver, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Mike Owen, revenue, stimulus
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February 15, 2012
The indefensible thing in the 2012 legislative session would be to make significant commercial property tax changes without fixing abuses of TIF.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Organization
Tags: Business Record, Des Moines City Manager Rick Clark, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Kent Darr, Mike Owen, Peter Fisher, property taxes, tax-increment financing, TIF
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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 23, 2012
Two recent reports highlight Iowa’s success in extending health insurance coverage to children.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Andrew Cannon, children's health insurance, CHIP, economy, hawk-i, health care, health insurance, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, medicaid, uninsurance
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January 19, 2012
Another 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.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Peter Fisher, tax credit, tax-increment financing, TIF
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