by CBI Lobbyist Jeff Boeyink - Partner, LS2 Group Overview / Major Events This week Governor Reynolds named the first person of color to ever serve on the Iowa Supreme Court. Iowa Appeals Court Judge Christopher McDonald (born in Thailand of a Scottish-Irish father and Vietnamese mother) will join the Iowa Supreme Court as its seventh member in the next few weeks. Judge McDonald is Governor Reynolds second pick to the Iowa Supreme Court (of the remaining five, two were selected by Governor Branstad in 2011 and the remaining three chosen by previous administrations). At just 44 years of age, Judge McDonald could serve in this capacity for more than two decades. Senator Jeff Danielson Abruptly Resigns from the Iowa Senate Long time State Senator Jeff Danielson (D-Cedar Falls) abruptly resigned this week from both the Iowa Senate and his position as a fire fighter for the city of Cedar Falls, with little in the way of explanation. Danielson was serving in his fourth term in the Iowa Senate and said the resignations were necessary due to a dispute Cedar Falls fire fighters were having with the city government over a new city personnel policy. |
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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