On Iowa Politics: Legislature in session, fair and flat, and voting rights

The Gazette

Jan. 14, 2022 4:04 pm

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, the Iowa legislature is in session, the federal Voting Rights bill, and Governor Reynolds' proposed flat tax.

On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to re-create the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day's deadlines have been met.

This week’s show is hosted by The Gazette’s James Lynch and features Amie Rivers of the Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier, The Gazette's Erin Murphy, Tom Barton of the Quad-City Times, and Gazette opinion editor Todd Dorman.

The show was produced by Stephen M. Colbert, and the music heard on the podcast is courtesy of Iowa bands Copperhead and Porch Builder.

Support for this podcast was provided by New Pioneer Food Co-op. Celebrating 50 years as Eastern Iowa’s source for locally and responsibly sourced groceries with stores in Iowa City, Coralville, and Cedar Rapids; and online through Co-op Cart at newpi.coop.