Key Iowa legislators say the school infrastructure sales tax that Governor Terry Branstad wants to use a source for water quality initiatives isn’t likely to be tapped. Senate President Pam Jochum, a Democrat from Dubuque, says voters who approved the local option sales taxes were told the money was for schools and property tax relief…
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The other difficulty is the governor is proposing to extend the sales tax for school infrastructure by another 20 years. Republicans would like to see the tax end as scheduled…
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That’s House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, a Republican from Clear Lake. She says Republicans and Democrats are interested in talking about ways to address water quality issues, however, and are willing to consider other ideas.