Highlights in this edition:

• Revenue Estimating Conference Makes Slight Adjustments to Forecasts for Fiscal Year 2024 & 2025
  • The slight decline $60 million in revenue comes from the next round of rate reductions adopted in the 2022 tax reform bill
• Blue States Feeling Blue About Future Revenue
  • Minnesota Democrats increased state spending by 38.5 percent and spent down their budget surplus from $17 billion to $2.4 billion
• Chronic Absenteeism in Iowa Schools
  • Iowa is one of only five states that saw an increase in chronic absenteeism
• Exposure to Age-Inappropriate Material is Harmful to Children
  • Two lawsuits aim to invalidate recently implemented guidelines what is not age-appropriate material in schools
• Study Finds Children Who Grow Up In Politically Liberal Households More Prone to Suffer Mental Health Problems
  • Among the differences that conservative parents displayed from liberal parents were the ability to "effectively discipline their children, while also displaying affection and responding to their needs
• Public Retirement Systems Committee Hears Presentations
  • The IPERS report continues the trend of the funded ratio moving upwards seeing the highest funded ratio since FY 2012

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