Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

The highest-paid Iowans have to work 3 weeks per year to pay their state and local tax obligation (5.8% of income). The lowest-paid Iowans have to work twice as long to do the same (10.6% of income).
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4/24/2007
Tracking Tax Giveaways
Earthpark Plan Raises Significant Policy Questions

Many questions raised but dismissed two years ago have resurfaced with efforts to secure up to $75 million in state assistance for the Earthpark environmental education project and a related tourism facility planned near Pella.

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