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Oct 9, 2026
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
The facility is expected to create one thousand seven hundred and fifty permanent jobs at forty-eight dollars per hour, plus an additional six thousand construction jobs.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debbie Durham told the Senate Ways and Means Sub- subcommittee that our policies are to make sure that we partner with companies that are good corporate citizens that will remain good corporate citizens, not only for the state but for the community.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
We want jobs where people are paid living wages, jobs that raise the standard of living for Iowans, jobs that can put people on that wealth-creating opportunity.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
In a statement, Governor Reynolds said the plan is the most consequential economic development project to come to Iowa.
Jeff TaylorGUEST
I didn't like the rush either.
Jeff TaylorGUEST
And to be fair, it wasn't Debbie Durham.
Jeff TaylorGUEST
It was Governor Reynolds that the lobbyists went directly to her.
Jeff TaylorGUEST
They they went around economic development and went directly to the
Sarah DiehnHOST
Under the new legislation, the Iowa Economic Development Authority can now offer either a tax credit of up to 5% of a company's investment paid over five years, or a credit of up to 10% paid over 10 years for a project located in a rural county.
Sarah DiehnHOST
IEDA director Debbie Durham said the legislative change is only the first step.
Sarah DiehnHOST
The incentive next goes to the IEDA board for consideration.
Sarah DiehnHOST
The total incentive amount could be up to $1.3 billion over 10 years.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
The state's top economic development official acknowledged the company that plans to build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa and could receive up to nearly $1.4 billion in state tax incentives has made missteps in the past, but also expressed confidence in its ability to complete the project.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
Debbie Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, told state lawmakers last week that she believes Minnesota-based Masabi Metallics and its parent company, Esser Group, an India-based global conglomerate, have the ability to pull the steel plant off.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
And Masabi Metallics CEO Joe Broking insisted the company's issues with Minnesota state government have been rectified.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
ESSER group leaders, President Donald Trump, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, and other state leaders announced from the White House last week that Massabi Metallics planned to build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa.
Brad BennettHOST
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, uh, w- is shown in a picture of a story that I have from the Des Moines Register with Representative Ashley Hinson from Iowa.
Brad BennettHOST
Last week, the Iowa Economic auth- Authority director, Debbie Durham, spoke to the House Ways and Means Committee in a special hearing that they had a week ago Friday, where they came up with new guidelines.
Brad BennettHOST
Uh, Iowa's governor signed a bill Friday to increase the ceiling on state tax incentives in an effort to secure a $15 billion steel plant project announced at the White House earlier in the week.
Brad BennettHOST
Now, not only did they sign that bill, but she called the legislature back into succession or back into session a second time on the following Tuesday to receive more than 1.3 billion in public dollars in tax savings as the project gets completed.
Grant GerlachCORRESPONDENT
The bill passed in a one-day special session.
Grant GerlachCORRESPONDENT
Economic Development Authority Director Debbie Durham told the Senate Ways and Means Committee Masabi Metallics can move the process forward.
Debbie DurhamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They will make a full application to us, um, and then we will start...
Debbie DurhamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That we will go to our board of directors.
Grace BarterHOST
The legislation passed the Iowa House by a 75-17 vote and later passed the Senate by a 28-19 vote.
Grace BarterHOST
Governor Kim Reynolds was scheduled to sign the bill into law at 8 p.m. Debbie Durham, director of the state's economic development agency, testified to lawmakers Friday the incentive package would be the largest investment Iowa's ever made and would set a new economic course for our state.
Grace BarterHOST
Minnesota-based and India-owned Mesabi Metallics officials announced Monday at the White House they plan to build a roughly $15 billion steel plant in southeast Iowa.
Grace BarterHOST
The plant is expected to be in Lee County.
Grant GerlockCORRESPONDENT
They heard from the CEO of Mesabi Metallics.
Grant GerlockCORRESPONDENT
They heard from, uh, ec- economic development director Debbie Durham, their thoughts on the project and why they think it should go forward.
Grant GerlockCORRESPONDENT
They've heard a few criticisms about the pace of this special session, but so far the- things are kind of getting going with these, uh, committee processes.
Ben KiefferHOST
This is a program most of us have not heard of, MEGA created in, uh, is the acronym it goes by.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
the road, the rail, and the river to be able to bring the iron ore down from Minnesota, but then also export steel after it was milled.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
And so having a great workforce, having skilled labor, the governor and Debbie Durham in economic development working through the process.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
If there's any tax provisions, what would those look like? What's the return on investment? Because you want to invest taxpayer money wisely.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
And all of that worked out to where negotiations were reached with SR Corporation or Masabi Metals.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
the road, the rail, and the river to be able to bring the iron ore down from Minnesota, but then also export steel after it was milled.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
And so having a great workforce, having skilled labor, the governor and Debbie Durham in economic development working through the process.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
If there's any tax provisions, what would those look like? What's the return on investment? Because you want to invest taxpayer money wisely.
Mariannette Miller-MeeksGUEST
And all of that worked out to where negotiations were reached with SR Corporation or Masabi Metals.