Weekly Newsletter Number 4  (Thu, 02 Feb 2012)

Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.6% in December
Iowa Workforce Development announced last week that Iowa’s unemployment rate had dipped to 5.6% in the month of December. This marks the second month in a row that the rate has dropped. In October, Iowa’s unemployment rate was at 6.0% and in November it had dropped to 5.7%. [...]

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Newsletter Number 3  (Thu, 26 Jan 2012)

USS Iowa Battleship
Last session, the Iowa legislature appropriated $3 million to the Dept. of Cultural Affairs for a non-profit that was awarded possession of BB-61, the USS Iowa. In September, the U.S. Navy awarded the ship to the Pacific Battleship Center, based on Los Angeles. The Pacific Battleship Center began discussions with the Department of [...]

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Newsletter Number 2  (Thu, 26 Jan 2012)

Property Tax Reform on the move in Ways and Means
House Study Bill 500, an act relating to state and local government finances by increasing the regular program foundation base percentage, establishing a property tax exemption for commercial and industrial property and establishing property tax levy limits for cities and counties went through two thorough subcommittees [...]

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Newsletter Number One 2012  (Thu, 26 Jan 2012)

Governor Branstad Releases Budget Recommendations
On Tuesday, January 10, Governor Branstad released his recommendations for the FY 2013 budget.
The Governor’s goals for his budget are to create 200,000 jobs, raise family incomes by 25 percent, make Iowa #1 in education again and reduce the cost of government by 15 percent.
The Governor recommends appropriating $6.244 billion, or [...]

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It was great to have my dad, Ed Lukan, at the Capitol to lobby for Veterans.  (Wed, 25 Jan 2012)

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