The race for Iowa attorney general in 2022 will be about “who is the best lawyer to stand up and advocate for Iowans, who will work hard for them and defend the issues that they care about,” according to Brenna Bird.
Lawmakers must address children’s needs, school funding, opportunities for working Iowans and legislative transparency, first-term Democrat says.
In November, Iowa Republicans U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, among others, introduced their own legislation they said was needed to bring fairness to the cattle marketplace.
Tiffany O’Donnell, who handily won a runoff election Nov. 30, was formally sworn in to office Monday in a ceremony at City Hall.
According to the county, Supervisor Royceann Porter is the first African American to serve as chairperson of the board since the county was established in 1837.
The FDA also said everyone 12 and older who's eligible for a Pfizer booster can get one as early as five months after their last dose rather than six months.
Iowa Senate leader said his preference is to limit the discussion to just COVID-19 vaccine requirements, but acknowledged other lawmakers may want to broaden that discussion to other vaccines.
Vacant buildings aren’t cheap to keep up, lawmakers found learned. An impetus for legislation in 2019 was learning the state was spending about $65,000 a year for upkeep at the former penitentiary at Fort Madison.
Twitter on Sunday banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, according to a statement from the company.
Senate Republicans in the Iowa Legislature are formulating a “moon shot” tax-cut plan that would eventually eliminate the state’s personal income tax. But skeptics hungry for mission details worry the trick in engineering such an endeavor would be pulling off a successful landing that doesn’t crash and burn.
Millions of Americans watched the events in Washington last Jan. 6 unfold on live television. Yet the hoaxes, conspiracy theories and attempts to rewrite history persist, muddying the public's understanding of what actually occurred.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, reporters discuss their top Iowa politics predictions for 2022.
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