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| Health Reform and Iowans | |
| Covering Children Better | |
Increasing numbers of children and their families in every county in Iowa are benefiting from new public health insurance initiatives.
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| Right Balance for Small Business | |
Over 50,000 Iowa small businesses and their employees could get or keep health insurance now with opportunities in the new health reform law.
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| Iowa and Economic Recovery | |
| Security for Economy, and for Most Vulnerable | |
Without an extension of unemployment benefits for long-term unemployed, Iowans could see a delayed economic recovery, while workers long unemployed through no fault of their own need help.
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| Smart Steps in Recovery — Improving the Child Tax Credit | |
By maintaining the Child Tax Credit eligibility rules modified in the Recovery Act, Congress could help thousands of working Iowans and their children who struggle to support their families and make ends meet. | |
| Weatherizing Iowa to a Green Recovery | |
| At the same time the federal economic recovery package
is boosting income and the number of jobs for Iowa workers, it is improving energy-savings
opportunities for Iowa families who cannot otherwise afford them. Policy Brief PDF (7 pages) 5/20/10 News Release HTML PDF (2 pages) | |
| More About Recovery Act: Food, Jobless Aid Boosting Iowa Economy | |
Assuring children's health coverage is an area where Iowa has shown leadership. Will budget choices uphold that legacy? | |
Federal recovery dollars for Iowa’s unemployment insurance system, food assistance and Medicaid have boosted Iowa economic activity in both jobs and income, with continuing benefits into 2010. | |
| Promoting Accountability | |
| Spending Our Tax-Credit Dollars Wisely | |
| Proposed tax-credit reform legislation in the Iowa Legislature falls well short of its stated goals for better accountability and savings for Iowa taxpayers. Backgrounder PDF (3 pages) Statement HTML 3/23/10 News Release PDF (2 pages) 3/17/10 | |
| Iowa policy choices could encourage a stronger economy, and address the long-term need to assure critical public services are strong when they are most needed. Backgrounder HTML PDF (3 pages) 3/17/10 | |
| We need to be smarter about economic development spending. When we are cutting state services, we should not leave tax credits and subsidies for economic development running on autopilot. Film credit: statement from IFP's Peter Fisher PDF (1 page) 3/10/10 | |
| Better Understanding Tax Credits and 'Return on Investment' | |
Can government assistance be a determining factor in business decisions in ways that provide an overall benefit to the state? Key considerations for use of tax credits and tax expenditures. | |
How much do various business subsidies actually return a benefit to Iowa taxpayers? What to consider — and what not — to evaluate "rate of return." | |
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