Posts Tagged ‘McKinley’

Written by Sen. Paul McKinley The end of the school year is upon us. Students are scrambling to finish their remaining projects and finals, proud parents and grandparents are seeing their sons and daughters graduate from high school and college and energetic youngsters are eagerly anticipating the beginning of their summer vacation. Schools are busy finalizing ... Full story

Written by Sen. Paul McKinley Every action has a consequence. Sometimes actions lead to a domino effect of consequences. This is true for Iowa’s state government right now. The actions taken by this governor and Legislature during the last three years have produced far reaching implications for Iowa’s budget, our jobs, property taxes and education system. Governor Culver ... Full story

Following last week’s release of Governor Culver’s proposed budget, the Senate’s passage of a government re-organization bill was the most notable event in the Iowa Statehouse this week. Because Iowa’s budgets are built on the level of spending from the previous year’s budget, lawmakers are faced with an record deficit as a result of too much ... Full story

A one billion dollar deficit. Iowa did not even have a one billion dollar budget until 1976 but all of the out of control spending by Governor Culver and legislative Democrats during the last three years has put our state in a perilous fiscal predicament. Governor Culver signed and legislative Democrats passed the single largest amount ... Full story

McKinley Withdraws From Gubernatorial Race, Remains Focused on Winning Back Iowa Senate Majority 2010 elections provide tremendous opportunities for Republicans up and down the ballot Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) today announced he is withdrawing his candidacy to be the next governor of Iowa and will continue to devote his complete focus and attention on ... Full story

Like many of you, I couldn’t help but watch the balloon boy story yesterday afternoon. I mean how many times have I walked by my own Jiffy Pop inspired weather balloon in my back yard and said to myself, “I sure hope Krusty, Jr. never hops in there and goes for a ride.” ... Full story

Many people have speculated that once former Governor Terry Branstad enters the gubernatorial race, the current field of Republican candidates will shrink substantially. Some speculate that a Branstad candidacy would clear the entire field except for Bob Vander Plaats. The chances of a two person primary between Branstad and Vander Plaats are ... Full story

TheIowaRepublican.com poll has consistently shown that Governor Culver’s re-election bid is in serious trouble. But who will Iowa Republicans nominate to run against him? The Republican primary is still 11 months away, but the debate over who the Republican Party should nominate is as heated as ever. There is still plenty of time for new ... Full story

Next Wednesday is not only a day to flip the calendar and start a new month – it is also the day when the new laws passed during this year’s legislative session go into effect. Though many of the new changes to Iowa’s code will not generate a lot of attention, one outcome of the 2009 ... Full story

Lt. Governor Patty Judge downplayed a report from the non-partisan Legislative Service Agency that painted a bleak picture of the state’s finances yesterday. Judge said, “We of course had done a lot of cutting and we think we are at a place where we will be able to finish this year and go into the ... Full story