ITR: Eliminate Excessive Licensing Fees and Iowa Could Have $422 Million...
A new study released last month by the Pioneer Institute estimates that state and local governments in Iowa could receive as much as $422 million in...
ITR: Government’s Bite of Your Apple
If the government sees you have an apple, they will always want a bite or two ... or ten. It is easy to see...
ITR: Have Politicians Ever Made a Bad Decision?
Yes, they have.
Those bad decisions impact your daily life What can we do to keep state government on the right track?
Your opinion could make...
KAUFMANN: Impeachment is an attempt to erase your vote
After House Democrats voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Republican Party of Iowa chairman Jeff Kaufmann sent a critical email of the...
Iowa House Republicans fill out leadership roles for 2020 session
Wednesday morning, House Republicans held elections to fill out the leadership team that will lead the caucus into the 2020 legislative session.
House Republicans elected...
IOWA HOUSE GOP: IPERS & Other State Pension Systems Remain Strong
On December 11, 2019 the interim Public Retirement Systems Committee met to receive an update from IPERS, 411 system for police and firefighters, Judicial...
Gov. Reynolds ‘disappointed’ in EPA action on RFS
Thursday, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule to establish required renewable volumes under...
NFIB Marks Two-Year Anniversary of Historic Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
NFIB, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, is marking the two-year anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act being signed into law by sharing...
TEF REPORT: If Iowa policymakers implement additional tax reforms, taxpayers could...
A new report, A Better Path Forward for Iowa Tax Reform, released by Tax Education Foundation of Iowa, found that if Iowa policymakers implemented...
State Senator sharply criticizes Hy-Vee, Iowa’s largest employer, Hy-Vee says Celsi’s...
State Senator Claire Celsi (D-West Des Moines) is at it again.
Earlier this year we broke the news that Celsi was “warning”...
