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GOP: Caucus Staff Analysis – Wednesday, May 22

GOP: Caucus Staff Analysis – Wednesday, May 22

Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached: House File 215 – Education Reform House File 489 – Insurance Division House File 620 – IEDA Tax Credit Cap House File 648 – Debt Reducion, Pension Obligations, and One-Time Appropriations Senate File 295 – Property Tax To see the full…

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GOP: Caucus Staff Analysis – Wednesday, May 22

GOP: Caucus Staff Analysis – Wednesday, May 22

Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached: House File 215 – Education Reform House File 489 – Insurance Division House File 620 – IEDA Tax Credit Cap House File 648 – Debt Reducion, Pension Obligations, and One-Time Appropriations…

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GOP: Accountability Measures Improved Maryland’s Schools

GOP: Accountability Measures Improved Maryland’s Schools

This past Sunday’s edition of the Des Moines Register featured a detailed article about Maryland schools surpassing Iowa schools based because of reforms enacted over the last decade.  A major centerpiece of these reforms was an accountability system that “put schools on notice” by requiring…

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GOP: Improving Customer Service and Cutting Costs

GOP: Improving Customer Service and Cutting Costs

In an effort to make Iowan’s lives easier, House Republicans passed House File 355, which gives individuals the opportunity to renew their Iowa Drivers License online, 24/7. The bill, which…

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Dems: WAYS & MEANS – Week of May 13, 2013

SF 455 – Sales tax exemption for environmental testing services HF 599 – Beginning farmer tax credits HF 615 – Innovation Investment Tax Credits HF 620 – Economic Development Tax…

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Dems: STATE GOVERNMENT – Week of May 13, 2013

HF 586 – Administrative Rules Review Committee   FLOOR ACTION: HF 586 allows the Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC) to object to an emergency adopted rule and suspend it for…

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Dems: STATE GOVERNMENT – Week of May 13, 2013

HF 586 – Administrative Rules Review Committee   FLOOR ACTION: HF 586 allows the Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC) to object to an emergency adopted rule and suspend it for…

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Dems: JUDICIARY – Week of May 13, 2013

SF 406 –Involuntary Commitments and Mental Health Advocates   FLOOR ACTION: SF 406: Background:  Chapter 229 of the Iowa Code provides for the commitment of persons with mental illness. Those…

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Dems: JUDICIARY – Week of May 13, 2013

SF 406 –Involuntary Commitments and Mental Health Advocates   FLOOR ACTION: SF 406: Background:  Chapter 229 of the Iowa Code provides for the commitment of persons with mental illness. Those…

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