Caucus Newsletter 5-9-2013

In this edition:

• House Pays Down Debt, Secures Pension Funds
• Legislature Approves Targeted Jobs Bill
• Property Tax Bill Summary

Caucus Newsletter 5-2-2013

In this edition:

• April Revenue Numbers
• Healthy Iowa Plan Approved
• Iowa Business Specialty Courts

Caucus Newsletter 4-25-2013

In this edition:

• Senate Democrats Blowing Past Their Own Budget Targets
• Budget Bills Move Into Conference Committees
• Education Reform Update

Caucus Newsletter 4-18-2013

In this edition:

• Budget Process Picking up Steam
• Education Conference Committee Update
• Property Tax Relief Update

Caucus Newsletter 4-11-2013

In this edition:

• House GOP Offers Compromise on Education Reform/Funding
• Growth in Medicaid Threatens Other Areas of State Budget
• Demonstration Fund Highlights

Caucus Newsletter 4-4-2013

In this edition:

• Education Reform in Conference Committee
• Mid-America Business Conditions Index Shows Growth
• Medicaid Expansion Stalls in Other States

Caucus Newsletter 3-28-13

In this edition:

• The Myth of Cost Free Medicaid Expansion
• Revenues Up But Spending is Tied to Lower Estimate
• New Study Says Expanding Medicaid Increases Insurance Premiums

Caucus Newsletter 3-20-2013

In this edition:

• House Moves Ahead of Senate in Budget Process
• House GOP Pushes Property Tax Relief through Ways & Means
• Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Approved

Caucus Newsletter 3-14-2013

In this edition:

• Governor Proposes Alternative to Medicaid Expansion
• Private Property Rights Bill Moves to Senate
• House GOP Approves Simpler, Flatter, Fairer Tax Bill

Caucus Newsletter 3-7-2013

In this edition:

• Senate Dem’s Budget Plan Returns to Culvernomics
• House Democrats Make Laundry a Partisan Issue
• Flat Income Tax Plan Passes Committee