'Make Minnesota Iowa Again': Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties

A Republican Iowa senator wants to "make Minnesota Iowa again" by introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine southern Minnesota counties.

Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, announced the proposal to enter into negotiations with Iowa's northern neighbor on Tuesday in remarks at the Land Investment Expo. The text of Bousselot's bill did not appear online Tuesday afternoon, but he said the proposal has support from colleagues in the Iowa House and Senate.

"Make Minnesota Iowa Again!" Bousselot posted on social media. "Our new Iowans, former MN residents, will have lower income, sales, business taxes. A more farm friendly state. And a better managed state."

"This is something where we can grow Iowa," Bousselot said in remarks at the Land Investment Expo. "We can get more investment into farmland and hog buildings and all sorts of agricultural investment ... and Minnesota can get the cash that they need to operate the state in a very different way from which we go about it."

Read more at: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/14/iowa-senator-mike-bousselot-proposes-bill-to-let-state-buy-9-southern-minnesota-counties/77698708007/