by CBI Lobbyist Jeff Boeyink - Partner, LS2 Group Overview / Major Events This week the General Assembly held a Memorial Service to honor all the former members of the Iowa Legislature who passed from this life over the last two years. It is a sober reminder of the debts we owe to those who made these institutions great and the responsibility on all of us who work in this building to continue to build on their legacies. Notable members who passed in the last two years include former House Speaker, Don Avenson, former State Senator and Lt. Governor, Joy Corning, former Senate President and US Congressman Leonard Boswell, and former State Senator and Senate Majority Leader, Cal Hultman. May they all rest in peace. Second Funnel in One Week April 5 with mark the arrival of the second funnel and a further winnowing of policy legislation that remains eligible for continued consideration. Bills that have not passed in one Chamber and cleared committee in the opposite Chamber are dead for the year. |
January Survey Results at a Glance:
OMAHA, Neb. (Jan. 17, 2019) – The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index for January fell, but remained above growth neutral, according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and/or energy.
Overall: The overall index sank to 51.5 from December’s 54.2. This was the 11th time in the past 12 months the index has remained above growth neutral. The index ranges between 0 and 100 with 50.0 representing growth neutral. “Our surveys over the last several months indicate the Rural Mainstreet economy is expanding outside of agriculture. However, the negative impacts of tariffs and low agriculture commodity prices continue to weaken the farm sector,” said Ernie Goss, PhD, Jack A. MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. December Survey Results at a Glance:
OMAHA, Neb. (Dec. 20, 2018) – The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index for December rose above growth neutral after slipping below the 50.0 threshold in January, according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and/or energy.
Overall: The overall index climbed to 54.2 from November’s 49.9, its first sub-growth neutral reading since January 2018. The index ranges between 0 and 100 with 50.0 representing growth neutral. “Our surveys over the last several months indicate the Rural Mainstreet economy is expanding outside of agriculture. However, the negative impacts of tariffs and low agriculture commodity prices continue to weaken the farm sector,” said Ernie Goss, PhD, Jack A. MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. Larry Winum, CEO of Glenwood State Bank in Glenwood, Iowa, said, “Glad to see Congress passed a bipartisan farm bill. (It) allows farmers and their community bankers to budget more accurately in the future.”
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