Republicans on the Iowa House Agriculture Committee have endorsed a slightly-altered version of Republican Governor Terry Branstad’s plan to divert some state sales taxes reserved for school infrastructure and spend that money instead on water quality projects. Representative Lee Hein, a Republican from Monticello, is chairman of the committee…
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Representative Helen Miller, a Democrat from Fort Dodge, says the plan betrays taxpayers who voted to raise sales tax locally, just to finance school improvements.
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The next stop for this bill will be in the House Ways and Means Committee which has jurisdiction over any legislation that involves taxes.