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Recent News About Iowa State Legislature
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'Impact recruitment of talent?': Iowa Republican politicians seek book censorship
Books about race and sexuality have been under attack by Republican voices.
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Convention of States movement is 'energized' in Iowa
It’s been more than two months since President Biden was inaugurated, and the Iowa Convention of States (COS) has experienced a change among its members, according to a national COS executive.
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Iowa legislature offers protection for businesses, health providers from frivolous COVID-19 litigation
Lawmakers enact coronavirus liability coverage to protect doctors, business owners
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Iowa Legislature cuts licensing red tape for out-of-state professionals
Iowa lawmakers wasted no time voting in favor of removing excessive licensing regulation after the legislature reconvened following a COVID-19-induced recess.
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Iowa lawmakers enact two workplace bills, balance budget
Legislature did not take action on reducing income tax rate
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New immigration enforcement policy takes effect in Iowa
Hundreds of new state laws took effect across the nation this week, including minimum wage increases, new internet privacy rules, gun-related regulations, marijuana legalization and new tests on whether workers can be classified as independent contractors
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TEF – Iowa analyzes, compares individual cities' property tax rates
The Tax Education Foundation (TEF) – Iowa recently released its official City Property Tax scorecard that analyzes the property taxes of each city to inform residents of their relative rates.
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Iowa has fourth highest tax burden in the U.S., TEF guide shows
As part of a series of indexes to educate the public, the Tax Education Foundation (TEF) – Iowa released Iowa’s Tax Burden guide comparing the state’s 2019 individual income, corporate income and sales tax rates with other states throughout the U.S.