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William Burt is a barber from Waterloo visiting the Capitol to ask members of the legislature to change a law and allow barber shops to be mobile.

Current law does not allow barbers in Iowa to cut hair in a mobile facility, but a bill is gaining support to change that as a Waterloo barber visits the Capitol to convince lawmakers.

There is a proposal from the governor to cut income taxes and raise the state sales tax. The Legislative Services Agency makes an extensive analysis of this proposal and also a short explainer https://youtu.be/ZpRhOHmL1QA">video

Lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment that requires a two thirds majority to raise income taxes.

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Sen. Dan Zumbach, R-Ryan, authored a Senate bill allowing barber shops to be mobile.
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Sen. Jim Carlin, R-Sioux City, chairs the subcommittee and supports a constitutional amendment that would require a two thirds majority vote for the legislature to raise income taxes.
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Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo, opposes the resolution and says its been more than 20 years since state income taxes have been raised in Iowa.

John Pemble is IPR's Technical Producer, News, with expertise in audio recording and production, hosting, and reporting. Pemble is also an accomplished journalist and podcast producer, and has won multiple awards for his podcast production work and audio reporting.