Iowa House Republicans are proposing a state budget that will spend just over seven-point-three BILLION dollars next year. Representative Pat Grassley, a Republican from New Hartford, is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee…
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Republican Governor Terry Branstad has drafted a slightly larger budget of more than seven-point-four BILLION. Senate Democrats are proposing a spending level in between the targets set by Branstad and House Republicans. State tax collections have not been as robust as previously predicted and Grassley says nearly all the new state tax revenue expected will be directed to K-through-12 public schools.
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Grassley says House Republicans used the current year’s state budget as a starting point for their budget plan rather than using the budget documents Governor Branstad delivered to legislators on January 12th.
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