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Capitol Notebook: Property tax fix signed into law
Rep. Austin Baeth, D-Des Moines, introduces Ukrainian refugees Alina Poznanska and her little ones, Milana and Eldar, to the Iowa House on Monday. Elena’s partner Artem is serving in the Ukrainian army. Elena, Milana and Eldar are becoming housed by a relatives in Newton. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau) DES MOINES — Iowa assets homeowners are off the hook for about $130 million in taxes they normally would have paid out below an faulty assessment formulation, but nearby governments are remaining keeping the bag underneath laws signed into regulation Monday by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Variations to residence tax regulation in 2013 and 2021 adjusted multiresidential qualities, like apartment complexes, to…
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Reporter’s Notebook: When Family Court Fails
I’ve been a print reporter for decades, but my enterprise into audio journalism this previous 12 months as a contributor to the San Francisco Community Press’ “Civic” podcast and radio exhibit has been one particular of the most satisfying activities of my occupation. Via this perform, I get to choose a deep dive into troubles that have a enormous effects on people’s lives and to investigate with you how systemic change can take place. Most a short while ago, the radio crew has been building a collection about the way relatives courts cope with allegations of abuse. And in a nutshell, what I’ve discovered is not excellent. It all started…
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