Majority-party Republicans on the Iowa Senate’s budget committee on Monday advanced four bills that were, effectively, mere placeholders with no actual budget numbers in them.
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Attorney general picks Lanny Zieman for job dealing with Iowa utilities
Iowa schools would have fewer requirements on what they teach and how they provide instruction under a bill the Iowa Senate passed Tuesday.
Among the bills that didn't survive Friday's “funnel” deadline were those dealing with abortion as the governor’s office and legislative leaders await an Iowa Supreme Court ruling on a “heartbeat” law that would ban abortions after 6 weeks.
While the proposal restates existing law, county attorneys worry it could enable the AG to undermine their work
Iowa's congressional delegation joined bipartisan lawmakers from Midwestern states in a letter calling on the Biden administration to permit the sale of higher ethanol fuel blends year-round.
The Republican attorney general made the request recently to state lawmakers.
Iowa voters would have the potential to recall an elected official under a proposed amendment that advanced in the Iowa Senate Tuesday.
Brenna Bird is Iowa’s first Republican attorney general since 1979. She brings a heavy focus on crime and victim services, as well as making good on promises to sue the Biden administration.
Bird, who defeated Democrat Tom Miller in November, is the first Republican to hold the office since 1979.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird signed on to lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden's administration and Democratic-backed laws during her first day in office Tuesday.
Brenna Bird, a Republican county attorney who defeated longtime Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, in the November election, requested the resignations Dec. 22, according to letters obtained by Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Republicans ousted two 40-year Democratic incumbents and could have a clean sweep of statewide offices following a midterm election where the GOP further solidified its control over state government.
“The best is yet to come” is the title for the final ad in Republican incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds’ 2022 re-election campaign.
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