By Erin Murphy
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
DES MOINES — State lawmakers are determined to lower Iowans’ property taxes, and this year several legislative proposals have surfaced including capping increases in property assessments, limiting local property tax levy rates, and more and stronger requirements before a school district can ask voters for permission to sell bonds for an infrastructure project.
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