Small businesses want to expand Iowa’s middle class by attracting and retaining the best workers. Providing good health care benefits is one way to do that. Unfortunately, health care is the fastest-growing expense for small business owners. On average, small businesses pay 18 percent more than large businesses for the same coverage, and health insurance premiums have gone up three times faster than wages in the last 10 years. To ease this financial burden on our small businesses, the Senate passed Senate File 449 with bipartisan support.
One of Iowa DOT’s most popular publications, the Iowa Transportation Map for Bicyclists, is now online. The map will help you: • Plan your bike trip ahead of time. Enter your starting and ending points and a suggested route will be generated. • Discover Iowa’s bike lanes, trails and bicycle-friendly roads. • Locate bicycle amenities, [...]
Read the full story >>Create an Iowa adventure with the Iowa byways interactive website. It’s got all kinds of information on Iowa’s nationally recognized byways, including route descriptions and history, contact information, and listings of local events, attractions and travel services. You can plan, map and share your trip, save notes or even send an e-postcard. See what the [...]
Read the full story >>Healthy & Happy Outdoors—also known as H2O—is a new initiative to connect Iowans with the outdoors to reduce stress and improve health. Go to www.iowadnr.gov/h2o and find more than 30 types of outdoor activities at over 1,600 state and county parks and recreation areas. Each time you complete an outdoor activity, you can have your [...]
Read the full story >>Monday, May 27, is Memorial Day. It is a time to remember the fallen soldiers who bravely served our country and the veterans among us who’ve sacrificed for our freedom. Military service is a life-changing event. That’s why supporting our veterans, service members and their families is a fundamental responsibility we all share. While the [...]
Read the full story >>The 2013 Legislature is in overtime. While the Iowa House and Senate have agreed on how much to spend, we still need to hammer out the final details of a balanced state budget that makes smart investments in Iowa’s future. The path to a dynamic economy is to strengthen and grow Iowa’s middle class. To [...]
Read the full story >>Auditor should step in because federal agency has turned into ‘toothless tiger’ DES MOINES – A State Senator today formally requested that Iowa’s new State Auditor conduct a thorough audit of Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s misuse of federal funding for his high-profile voter purge campaign. In a letter sent this morning to newly [...]
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