Highlights in this edition:

• COVID-19 Update
  • COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate Drops to Lowest Level Yet at 0.59%
  • 65.7% of Iowans age 18 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccination
  • The percentage of total COVID-19

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Highlights in this edition:

• Strong Revenue Numbers Go Beyond General Fund
  • Sports wagering is bringing in substantially more than what was originally expected
• Historic Preservation Tax Credit Awards Used to Create Child Care Slots
  • The Historic Preservation Tax Credit

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Highlights in this edition:

• Critical Race Theory Simplified
  • Critical Race Theory is a Marxist inspired dogma that has converted a surprisingly high number of people in government, corporate and educational leadership positions who are using those positions to engage

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Highlights in this edition:

• Why is the Political Left Freaking Out About House File 802?
  • Parents believe they are the ultimate authority in their children’s education, not woke activists using their positions to indoctrinate students with their own personal

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Highlights in this edition:

• New Democrat Leader Labels the Return to Normal Extreme
  • Lockdown advocates have always placed their authority to control the decisions of Iowans above Iowans’ own day to day freedoms
• FY 22 Budget Moves Towards Implementation

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Highlights in this edition:

• State Revenue Still Growing at a Tremendous Pace in May
  • Collections were $307.9 million higher than May 2020, which amounts to a 57.3 percent increase
• IDALS Secretary Naig Touts Legislative Accomplishments Benefitting the Iowa Agriculture

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Highlights in this edition:

• House, Senate Reach Agreement on Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
  • Once again House Republicans ensured the state spends less than it collects in revenue
• Key House Republican Priorities Part of Education Budget
  • New oversight over schools

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Highlights in this edition:

• State Revenue Grows Significantly in April
  • April’s tax payments to the state were the largest amount ever received by the state in a single month
• Parents Continue to Push Back Against Politically Biased Curriculum
  • Some

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Highlights in this edition:

• Budget Process Moves to Next Phase
  • Key difference between the House and Senate is $5 million Public Safety Equipment Fund in the House while Senate is at zero funding
• EMT Courses for High School Seniors

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Highlights in this edition:

• Latest Round of Federal School Funding Allocations Released by Department of Education
  • Payments are not equal with Des Moines Public Schools getting $4,774.23 per student while neighboring Waukee gets $262.02 per student
• Iowa’s Regent Universities

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