Highlights in this edition:

• General Fund Revenue Higher Through First Eight Months of Fiscal Year
  • Receipts are outpacing the December revenue estimate
• Department of Education Presents to Education Budget Subcommittee
  • The Board of Educational Examiners needs more investigators to deal with a skyrocketing caseload
• House Republicans Advance Religious Freedom Throughout the State
  • Protecting religious freedom should be noncontroversial but the contempt shown for those who want religious freedom was unmistakable during debate
• Childcare Center Property Tax Cut Will Spur Availability
  • The bill cuts property taxes for commercial childcare centers to spur growth in the availability and affordability of childcare in Iowa

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