Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Republicans celebrated the estimates as proof that their tax-cutting agenda is resulting in a strong economic outlook.

Democrat Terry McGovern is running against Republican Craig Johnson for NE Iowa seat

Kinney, 59, of Oxford, is running against Sen. Dawn Driscoll, a 43-year-old Republican from Williamsburg, to represent Senate District 46. Hot topics include abortion, education funding and tax law changes.

The League of Women Voters of Linn County will host candidate forums Saturday, Oct. 8, ahead of the Nov. 8 general election.

Democrat Liz Bennett and Republican Bernie Hayes speak to different priorities

The decision Monday rejected the law approved by Iowa lawmakers in April 2021 that makes it a crime to trespass on a property to place a camera to record or transmit images.

The surplus comes after Republicans recently reduced state taxes, with more cuts possibly on the way

The forums will be held in person and streamed online. Early voting begins Oct. 19.

This month, breweries across Iowa are taking advantage of new changes that modernize Iowa’s alcohol laws for the first time in decades.

Marking its highest requested state funding increase in nearly a decade, Iowa’s Board of Regents is seeking $34.7 million more in education appropriations from the Legislature for the next budget year – due, in part, to soaring inflation.

They’re knocking on doors, helping others in competitive districts

Amid an increasing volume of legislation LGBTQ Iowans say makes them feel targeted and unwelcome in their own state, concerns around the impacts of rhetoric in the Iowa Legislature extend beyond those in the rainbow communities.

Iowa organizations encouraging alternatives to abortion may see increased demand if abortion laws change. But $500,000 the Legislature allocated to expand these services is not yet available.

Highway fatalities are rising in Iowa and law enforcement officials believe the state’s difficult-to-enforce laws on distracted driving are playing a role.

But overall, a small share of those who became eligible with Gov. Kim Reynolds’ executive order voted