Articles Tagged: Rep. Steve Holt

Signed in 1965, the Iowa Civil Rights Act provides legal protection from discrimination against protected classes regarding housing, employment, education, public services and accommodations, banking and more. As the act turns 60, some who were involved in its formation and continuation reflect on where it is today and worry about where it will stand in the future.

The new legislation would make it a felony for any Iowa law enforcement officer who knowingly and intentionally fails to cooperate with federal immigration officials

Republican Iowa House Reps. Steve Holt and Skyler Wheeler levied heavy criticism of a pilot guaranteed income project underway in central Iowa

Bill to permit warrantless search of abandoned garbage goes to governor

In 2021, Iowa companies exported $3.1 billion in goods to Mexico, which is the state’s third-largest export destination overall and the second-leading export market for corn, pork and soybeans.

Proponents say bills changing the staffing ratios and allowing younger workers to operate with less supervision would allow flexibility in child care facilities, but opponents say the changes could make those settings less safe for children.

Proposal to provide scholarships of as much as $5,500 a year to eligible private school students cheered as providing choice to more families, panned as attack on public education during Iowa House hearing.

The investigation could be seen as politicians trying to “push their own agenda and inappropriately interfere with a separate but equal branch of government,” House Democrats said in a letter to the speaker and Judiciary Committee chairman.

The Judiciary Committee voted to to withdraw the subpoenas issued in its investigation of a district court judge who allegedly committed an impeachable offense during the selection of candidates for the governor to choose from in making a judicial appointment.

The Iowa House on Wednesday approved fast-track legislation to ban “vaccine passports” that would require the disclosure of whether Iowans have received a COVID-19 vaccination.