Articles Tagged: Iowa House

In her annual Condition of the State address, the governor touts plan to raise teacher pay and reform area education agencies.

GOP leaders say they won’t act to further restrict abortion until court rules on ‘fetal heartbeat’ law.

Speaker of the Iowa House Pat Grassley has served in the Legislature nearly 18 years and has never — over that span — seen it undertake a broad review of “how we deliver higher education.”

Former Iowa Rep. Andy McKean of Anamosa, who made national headlines for switching parties in a rebuke of then-President Donald Trump, announced candidacy for an Iowa House seat.

Hiawatha City Council member Aime Wichtendahl, a Democrat, and Cedar Rapids veteran John Thompson, a Republican, have filed to run for the seat that will be vacated by Rep. Art Staed.

Iowa Sen. Todd Taylor, D-Cedar Rapids, will announce his campaign for Linn County Auditor Tuesday morning.

Also, Iowa City’s Adam Zabner announces re-election bid for Iowa House

Also, Cedar Rapids Democrat announces re-election bid for Iowa House

Abortion rights advocates held a rally in the rotunda and far outnumbered abortion restriction advocates during a long and loud day at the Iowa Capitol.

The bill, House File 732, was passed out of both chambers by 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 15 hours after the special session began. Lawmakers voted mostly along party lines to ban abortions after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo or fetus, with some exceptions.

After hearing from student representatives worried about the rising cost of higher education but aware of eroding state support, Iowa’s Board of Regents without discussion Wednesday approved across-the-system tuition and fee increases – including a 3.5-percent hike for all in-state undergraduates.

Statehouse Republicans who passed the bill say the federal labor department is working off old information or misunderstanding the legislation.

On the podcast this week, we take one last look at the legislative session, albeit a look forward this time; Iowa and Iowa State student-athletes being investigated for sports betting, quite the proposal from one of the Republican presidential candidates, and the main caucus card this weekend: DJT vs. RDS.

While many significant pieces of legislation passed the Republican-controlled body, others failed to garner enough support this year

On the Cinco de Mayo 2023 edition of On Iowa Politics: the Iowa Legislature adjourns sine die, Democrats reveal more of their caucus plan — but do they? — and a noteworthy judge’s ruling that relates to the proposed carbon capture pipelines in Iowa.