Water quality initiatives, “comprehensive” tax reform and an examination of government pension policies. Those are some of the priorities Iowa’s NEXT governor will pursue during the 2018 legislative session.
Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds is likely to take over as governor late this spring or early in the summer when Terry Branstad is confirmed as U-S Ambassador to China. Reynolds, though, isn’t ready to reveal her preferred tax plan yet.
Iowa’s current governor asked legislators this past January to provide more money for water quality projects, but Republicans in the House and Senate could not agree on financing or the process for awarding grants. Reynolds says she’ll continue to press for more state funding of water improvement initiatives.
