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ABI scoring rewards GOP legislators (again)

By Jason Hancock 6/30/09

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has released its 2009 legislative scorecard, with 27 Republicans in the House and three in the Senate receiving perfect scores.
The grades were based on legislator’s votes on nine bills in each chamber. In the Senate, they ranged from a bill that “streamlines the Iowa Values Fund” to bills [...]

Public hearing crowd ‘disrespectful,’ speakers say

By Jason Hancock 4/1/09

The boisterous crowd, a large majority of which opposed the proposed changes to Iowa’s tax code, gave each of the speakers who voiced support for the proposal the same treatment – boos and hisses. Those who opposed it, such as Iowans for Tax Relief President Ed Failor Jr., received energetic applause.

Federal deductibility hearing set for tonight

By Jason Hancock 3/31/09

A Democratic plan to overhaul Iowa’s tax system and end a deduction that allows residents to write off their federal taxes on state returns will go before the public at 7:30 p.m. tonight in what promises to be a contentious and heated hearing at the statehouse.

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