Highlights in this edition:

• Governor Completes Work on FY 2027 Budget
  • The Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget will spend $9.6441 billion This represents a 1.42% increase over the current year’s expenditures
• Iowa House GOP Leads the Charge on Limiting Screen Time in Schools
  • Research shows that screen time negatively impacts early child development by decreasing learning and attention
• Republicans Attack Fraud and Waste in Welfare Programs
  • SF 2422 implements new eligibility verification thresholds that must be met before individuals can receive public assistance
• Republicans Have Invested Over $1 Billion in Water Quality Since 2013
  • This session, the Iowa Legislature passed aggressive increases in water quality funding as well as a major investment in treating nitrates
• Governor Signs House GOP Bill on Habitual Criminals
  • Iowans have seen career criminals and repeat offenders in other states be released by judges more concerned with the criminal’s rights than the innocent victims’ rights
• Property Tax Reform—Why Revenue Caps Are a Necessity
  • Regardless of assessment growth, local governments may increase revenue collections by no more than two percent year over year – ending the practice of relying on assessment windfalls while claiming levy rates were not increased

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