State tax revenue is projected to drop by 11.6% over a 24-month period — a decline the governor’s budget chief said was expected due to recently-approved tax cuts. Kraig Paulsen, director of the Iowa Department of Management, said there is enough available revenue to fulfill the spending promises outlined in the current fiscal year’s budget. […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a





