Iowa Legislative Session Concludes

[Author: Dave Adelman, Iowa Legislative Director, 05.2016 | Keywords: Transportation, Infrastructure, All-Terrain, Implements of Husbandry, Autocycle, Tax Coupling, Water Quality] Traditionally with election year sessions, legislators tend to be risk-averse. However, the 2016 session of the Iowa General Assembly had a number of issues affecting Iowans and Iowa small businesses. Most notably discussed were education-funding, tax coupling with federal code, and an effort to improve water quality. Moreover, the Revenue Estimating Committee reported to the Legislature in March that they had to cut $46 million out of their overall budget number projected last December. This realization was bad news for any… Read More »