by admin | Jan 31, 2009 | Outdoors, Politics & Government
Iowa voters may be asked in 2011 to approve a hike in the state sales tax to finance state conservation and recreation programs. State gas taxes are funneled into a special account which may only be used for road construction and maintenance, and the idea is to pass...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | Politics & Government
Two dozen livestock producers who sold animals to the troubled Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville will soon receive more than two-million dollars in overdue payments. The payouts were announced today by the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | Business
Iowa’s seen hundreds of jobs lost in the past week, while some analysts predict two-million jobs will be eliminated nationwide this year. Some 55,000 workers across the country were laid off on Monday alone. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss uses the...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | Human Interest
As federal lawmakers debate an economic stimulus package,an Iowa State University researcher has released a study of poverty in the United States from 1980 and 2000. David Peters says his report shows why Iowa has thus far weathered the current economic situation a...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | Politics & Government
A key legislator who favors raising the state gas tax says experts estimate a 10-cent-per-gallon increase would cost the average Iowan about $50 a year — and 20 percent of the people who buy gas in Iowa are out-of-staters who would share in paying for the...
