What Iowa's News Organizations are Saying - 2007
- December 2007
- Iowa Radio - 12/26/07 - Road group promises fight for more money
- Iowa Radio - 12/25/07 - ISAC seeks gas tax hike
- Des Moines Register - 12/19/07 - Lawmakers: 4-cent gas tax hike is dead
- Times-Republican - 12/15/07 - Chamber sets goals for new legislative session
- Clinton Herald - 12/12/07 - Legislators hear county officials’ concerns
- Telegraph Herald - 12/10/07 - Arterial funding? Don't bank on it
- Sioux City Journal - 12/10/07 - City's wish list includes money for relocating I-29 utilities
- Sioux City Journal - 12/10/07 - HWY 20 widening could be jeopardized
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 12/06/07 - GOP leader says Dems 'abdicating' leadership
- Radio Iowa - 12/04/07 - Governor and Legislature at odds over gas tax increase
- KCCI Des Moines - 12/04/07 - Governor Warns Against Gas Tax Increase
- November 2007
- The Gazette - 11/19/07 - Panel adopts road funding 'starting point'
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 11/02/07 - Iowa legislators discuss small town issues
- October 2007
- Sioux City Journal - 10/31/07 - Survey: Many want better roads, bridges and are willing to pay
- Radio Iowa - 10/18/07 - Iowa DOT director pleads for more funds for road, bridge repair
- The Gazette - 10/10/07 - Highway 100 extension advocates turn up the volume
- September 2007
- Sioux City Journal - 09/07/07 - Iowa gas tax, vehicle fees could be going up
- Des Moines Register - 09/02/07 - Yepsen: Support edges up for road funding
- Des Moines Register - 09/01/07 - Gas tax money is plentiful - and wasted
- August 2007
- Nevada Journal - 08/30/07 - The Deyoe Dispatch: Bridges, roads, federal funding and the gas tax
- The Daily Iowan - 08/23/07 - Declining gas sales hurt road fund
- Des Moines Register - 08/21/07 - McCoy: Report says to increase road funds to prevent loss of opportunities
- KITV - 08/21/07 - Officials Ask Governors For Funds To Expand Highway 20
- Des Moines Register - 8/20/07 - Road work well-targeted, but it needs more funding
- Sioux City Journal - 08/19/07 - A challenging, essential study
- The Hawk Eye - 08/17/07 - Culver: No state gas tax increase
- Muscatine Journal - 08/17/07 - Bridge safety doesn't seem to trouble public
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 08/16/07 - Culver not interested in gas tax increase
- Radio Iowa - 08/16/07 - Culver: now is not the time to raise state gax tax
- Omaha World Herald - 08/15/07 - Nebraska, Iowa brace for possible road fund cuts
- Ottumwa Courier - 08/15/07 - Safety first — improved infrastructure is top priority next year, area legislators say
- KCCI - 08/14/07 - Bridge repairs rise to top of lawmakers' agenda
- Des Moines Register - 8/13/07 - State to study funding for road repairs
- The Hawk Eye - 08/04/07 - Cohoon expects tragedy to influence transportation debate
- July 2007
- Storm Lake Pilot Tribune - 07/23/07 - Construction continues on Highway 20
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 07/14/07 - Bids for U.S. 20 to get show on road
- KTIV Sioux City - 07/13/07 - Paving the way for progress
- May 2007
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 05/01/07 - Local legislators reflect on session - Say business incentives, highway bill are key for area
- April 2007
- Mason City Globe Gazette - 04/25/07 - Iowa Senate puts off higher taxes, fees for road work
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 4/29/07 - Session's over, what's next
- Des Moines Register - 4/28/07 - Iowa Legislature notebook: Transportation needs would be studied
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 04/27/07 - Lawmakers likely will work into Saturday
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 04/25/07 - Senate panel passes highway bill, Beall calls it ‘great news’ for Highway 20
- Daily Iowan - 04/24/07 - Crumbling Iowa roads need help
- Des Moines Register - 04/23/07 - Time running out for Legislature
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 04/18/07 - Citizens voice concerns about P33 traffic
- Des Moines Register - 04/17/07 - McCoy: As state's economy grows, transportation needs also change
- Des Moines Register - 04/15/07 - Democrats still have a lot of work to do
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 04/14/07 - Money for highways is top issue at U.S 20 summit
- Sioux City Journal - 04/14/07 - Where will money come from for U.S. 20?
- Ida County Courier - 04/12/07 - TIME-21 was dropped for lack of motion
- Sigourney News-Review - 04/09/07 - State Wants Lion's Share of Funding
- Muscatine Journal - 04/07/07 - Council OKs first phase of street improvement project
- Oskaloosa Herald - 04/06/07 - Area supervisors unhappy with ‘Time 21’ fund formula
- Daily Times Herald - 04/04/07 - DOT funding focus of legislative forum
- Des Moines Register - 04/03/07 - Urbandale leaders: Raise tax on roads
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 04/03/07 - Wright County undecided about road use tax fund resolution
- Sioux City Journal - 04/03/07 - Road funding plan yields cautious legislative response
- Fairfield Ledger - 04/2/07 - Area legislators listen to constituents' concerns
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - 04/01/07 - County road system reaching crisis point
- March 2007
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 03/31/07 - Proposal would boost taxes, fees
- Times Republican - 03/31/07 - Calls voiced for higher gas taxes, pickup truck license fees
- Des Moines Register - 03/30/07 - Road plan would increase fees, taxes
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 03/30/07 - Vehicle registration, licensing fees could change
- Le Mars Daily Sentinel - 03/30/07 - Iowa's roads need $200 million shot in the arm, officials say
- The Pella Chronicle - 03/30/07 - Funding was further discussed prior to the board's passage of a resolution supporting a Department of Transportation proposal.
- Daily Gate City - 03/29/07 - Supervisors support proposed road tax hike
- Estherville Daily News - 03/29/07 - County bends state’s ear on highway funding
- Southwest Iowa News - 03/29/07 - Our Position: Road funding will require a mix of solutions.
- The Daily Freeman Journal - 03/28/07 - Iowa roads headed for huge shortfall
- Sioux City Journal - 03/27/07 - Council endorses IDOT's request on road tax money
- The Hawk Eye - 03/27/07 - Time to fix Iowa's highway
- Oskaloosa Herald - 03/26/07 - Culver’s budget debated at Eggs & Issues
- Telegraph Herald - 03/25/07 - Is it time for a bipartisan gas tax increase?
- Quad City Times - 03/24/07 - Local leaders urge legislators to release transportation funds
- The Oskaloosa Herald 3/23/07 - Post brings crowd to courthouse
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - 03/24/07 - DOT plan calls for tax, fee increases to cover shortfall
- Clinton Herald - 03/23/07 - Senate transportation meeting held in Clinton
- Siouxland Business Journal - 3/19/07 - Lobbying blitz
- Sioux City Journal - 03/19/07 - Western Iowans want highways improved
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 03/16/07 - People say they’re willing to pay more to get road done
- KTIV Sioux City - 3/16/07 - Ethanol Boosting Economy In Corn Belt
- Decorah Newspapers - 03/15/07 - Local officials request increase in road use tax fund
- Telegraph Herald - 03/14/07 - End city-dwellers' sweet deal on pickup plates
- Quad City Times - 03/13/07 - Panel leaders hit road for ideas
- TRIP - 03/13/07 - Economic Benefits of Iowa's Highway System Threatened by Funding Shortfall and Increasing Highway Construction Costs
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 03/10/07 - Tjepkes: Highway spending plan to be decided: Fate of plan rests with Democrats
- Des Moines Register - 03/08/07 - Pickup truck owners would lose fee break
- February 2007
- Des Moines Register - 02/25/07 - Transportation hearings scheduled
- Des Moines Register - 02/25/07 - Deal brewing for road money? By David Yepsen, Register Political Columnist
- Tama News-Herald - 02/22/07 - Legislative discussions on Iowa transportation needs set for Toledo, Billed As Bipartisan “Road Show”
- Radio Iowa - 02/14/07 - Transportation Commission endorses Road Use Tax Report
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 02/13/07 - Legislators: Public support needed for road revenue
- Des Moines Register - 02/13/07 - Pair will hear road concerns
- Globe-Gazette - 02/12/07 - Gas tax hike may be discussed
- Des Moines Register - 02/25/07 - Transportation hearings scheduled
- January 2007
- Des Moines Register - 01/30/07 - Iowans list health care, jobs as top priorities in new Iowa Poll - Poll also shows that adults favor higher taxes on cigarettes, but not on gasoline
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 01/28/07 - Aging Iowa roads need millions, transportation director says
- Ames Tribune - 01/24/07 - DOT faces a storm of declining revenues
- KTIV Sioux City - 01/14/07 - U.S. 20 Association Will Lobby For New Fund
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 01/13/07 - Highway 20 group endorses money proposal
- Missouri Valley Times - 01/11/07 - TIME-21 Fund proposed for Iowa's infrastructure funding
- Le Mars Daily Sentinel - 01/10/07 - Open Road Brings Heavier Truck Traffic
- Des Moines Register - 01/08/07 - Rants: DOT must rethink priorities
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 01/08/07 - Local legislators share plans for 2007 assembly
- Sioux City Journal - 01/08/07 - Highway 20 meeting in Holstein Friday
- Des Moines Register - 01/07/07 - Iowa's roads require injection of cash
- Sioux City Journal - 01/06/07 - Democrats don't want to do too much
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - 01/06/07 - Buchanan County officials offer opinions to state legislators on pressing needs
- Clinton Herald - 01/05/07 - Lawmakers look ahead
- The Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs - 01/05/07 - Iowa's roads need major investment - and soon
- KWQC TV6 Davenport - 01/05/07 - Funding concerns for new I-74 bridge
- Des Moines Register - 01/03/07 - $28 billion crisis down the road, DOT report says
- Fort Dodge Messenger - 01/03/07 - Highway 20 backers ponder road proposal
- Globe Gazette - 01/03/07- Explore all options to ease shortage of state road funds (Globe Gazette Editorial)
- Iowa public radio's Talk of Iowa program - 01/03/07 - Senator Kibbie and Representative Rants discuss the upcoming 2007 legislative session (MP3 file, 43 min.)
- KHQA Keokuk - 01/03/07 - Iowa Road Funding Shortages
- KWWL - 01/03/07 - Lower License Fees For Pick-Ups Criticized
- Quad City Times - 01/03/07 - DOT: State roads face‘crisis' because of funding shortages
- Sioux City Journal - 01/03/07 - Study says DOT faces funding 'crisis'
- Waterloo Cedar Falls-Courier - 01/03/07 - DOT: Raise fuel taxes to fund road construction
- WHO-TV - 01/03/07 - Iowa faces road construction shortfall
- WQAD Moline - 01/03/07 - Department of Transportation says state roadwork needs funding
- WOI-TV5 - 01/03/07 - Department of Transportation says state roadwork needs funding
- Cedar Rapids Gazette - 01/02/07 - Report cites $27.7B state transportation shortfall
- Charles City Press - 01/02/07 - Iowa Democrats vow ‘mainstream’ legislative session
- Des Moines Register - 01/02/07 - Study: Road-building shortfall nears $28 billion
- Globe Gazette - 01/02/07 - DOT warns of roads funds shortfall
- KCCI - 01/2/07 - DOT survey says agency needs $200M more annually
- KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids - 01/02/07 - Culver to prepare state budget
- KETV Omaha - 01/02/07 - IDOT Says State Roadwork Needs Funding
- KWWL - 01/02/07 - Road Costs
