DAVENPORT, Iowa — A bill limiting economic development funding in Scott County is out of an Iowa House subcommittee.
House Study Bill 310 would impose a three-year moratorium preventing Iowa’s four most populous counties from receiving funding given out by the state’s economic development authority. According to the most recent Census data, those four counties are:
- Polk County: 516,185 people
- Linn County: 231,762 people
- Scott County: 175,601 people
- Johnson County: 160,080 people
Combined, those counties make up about 33% of Iowa’s approximately 3.2 million people.
According to the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), those four counties received 21.7% of the economic development funds awarded in Fiscal Year 2024. Polk County received $17,323,827; Linn received $17,937,281; Johnson received $5,312,133; Scott received the least at $792,193…