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🌱 Will Grimes follow Pleasant Hill in pausing property tax breaks?

Grimes, Iowa Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Will Grimes follow Pleasant Hill in pausing property tax breaks?

Today's riddle: What did the mommy tomato say to the baby tomato? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 79, low: 63.
  • Saturday: Cloudy and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pleasant Hill pauses tax breaks for new homes and development, citing state law changes (kcci.com) — Grimes is among several Des Moines-area cities now reconsidering their property tax abatements after Iowa’s new law capping city tax revenue growth at 2%. Pleasant Hill has already paused its program, and leaders there warn it could slow housing and business development, while state officials argue the changes are needed to cut high property taxes statewide.
   

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Urbandale

  • Senate proposes Farm Bill, no increases in commodity prices mentioned (kcci.com)
  • Agriculture manufacturer layoffs continue in the Corn Belt (agri-pulse.com)
  • Suburbia catches up to historic Iowa barn, again (axios.com)

Johnston

  • Family files wrongful death lawsuit over Johnston Ellipsis facility death (kcrg.com)

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