The ongoing debate at the statehouse over how to cut property taxes includes a discussion of the gas tax. A Senate-passed property tax bill includes a mechanism to automatically trigger yearly increases in the gas tax. During a House subcommittee hearing yesterday, Scott Newhard, vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Iowa, said while […]

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






