Articles Tagged: Iowa Senate

Also, Iowa Youth Poll shows strong support for Trump

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.

Iowa Senate president: Investigation would 'distract’ state regulators from monitoring facilities

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

Legislative committee deadlocks on complaint against Cedar Rapids Democrat

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.

Mike Gronstal, a former Iowa Senate majority leader, was let go by the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council as its Capitol lobbyist.

Wahls was voted out as leader by his peers after he fired two long-time Senate Democrat staffers

Senate Democrats are not commenting, but reports indicate the group was upset with Wahls over the recent firing of two longtime staffers.

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.