Highways and education will be the two big ticket items for Iowa lawmakers this year.

A number of counties have had to issue bonds to pay for needed improvements.

Republican Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull says he is ready to support a gas tax increase…

 

Feenstra says K -12 education is looking for more money too, but that may be tough to come up with…

 

Leaders in both chambers have already warned legislators to be “realistic” about their budget expectations.