Republicans and Democrats in the Iowa Legislature say they plan to pay special focus on bridging the stateâs so-called digital divide.
Lawmakers said they intend to push forward additional funding and legislation to facilitate continued expansion of high-speed broadband internet across the state, with more and more Iowans working and learning from home and accessing medical care online.
The Iowa Legislative session begins Monday.
House Speaker Pat Grassley has established a new Information Technology Committee in the Iowa House, to examine broadband and cyber security issues and focus on state technology infrastructure. I think those were issues that we knew were on our radar that needed to be addressed but I think that (the pandemic) amplified them and put them right in our face, Grassley, R-New Hartford, said of broadband expansion moving to the forefront this session.
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Iowa lawmakers to push solutions to bridge ‘digital divide’ amplified by pandemic [Moline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, Ill.]
Jan. 10 Republicans and Democrats in the Iowa Legislature say they plan to pay special focus on bridging the state’s so-called “digital divide.”
Lawmakers said they intend to push forward additional funding and legislation to facilitate continued expansion of high-speed broadband internet across the state, with more and more Iowans working and learning from home and accessing medical care online.
The Iowa Legislative session begins Monday.
House Speaker Pat Grassley has established a new Information Technology Committee in the Iowa House, to examine broadband and cyber security issues and focus on state technology infrastructure.
Trudie Berry, a student at Reese Elementary, purchased blankets for shelter animals as part of the acts of kindness project, a collaborative effort between the school and Radiant Life Church. Berry is pictured presenting the blankets to Lodi Animal Control Services Supervisor Jennifer Bender. (Courtesy)
Des Moines Register
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a blow to Iowa’s revenues this year, but top Republicans are still hopeful they can cut Iowa taxes in the new year.
Lawmakers received their first inkling of what the state budget could look like on Friday when a state panel predicted revenues would grow modestly in the upcoming fiscal year. The panel reviewed data showing the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant financial damage to businesses, families and state revenues. We . actually are going to probably be one of the few states that we’ll be able to talk about tax reform again, Joel Anderson, an economic policy adviser to Gov. Kim Reynolds, told a group of Iowa business leaders last week.
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