Iowa Republicans have strengthened their grip on power in Iowa’s legislature, extending the wave of Republican wins seen across Iowa and the country this election. Politics Klimesh wins Iowa State Senate - District 32 Updated: Nov. 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM GMT+8| By KTTC Staff Here are the...
The general assembly, or legislature, has a senate with 50 members and a house of representatives with 100 members. Iowa is represented in the U.S. Congress by two senators and four representatives. The state has six electoral votes. The state has trended Republican in recent decades. Among...
In a rare move, the Iowa Legislature passed a law in 1856 allowing the Meskwaki to purchase land. Conversely, the U.S. government forcibly removed the Ho-Chunk tribe from Iowa in 1848 and the Dakota tribe by 1858. The western part of Iowa, particularly around Council Bluffs, served as ...
Iowa Legislature Passes Bill Banning Abortion after Six Weeks What the hell happened to Iowa? It doesn’t have a big problem with crime or racial tensions. It hasn’t suffered much deindustrialization. It benefits hugely from international trade. And yet it’s become extremely right wing. ...
Iowa has become the sixth state to pass its own privacy law. Governor Kim Reynolds signedSenate bill 262into law after it passed both chambers of the Iowa Legislature unanimously. It is scheduled to go into effect on January 1st, 2025. ...
The Iowa Legislature first approved the tax-free weekend in 2000, waiving the normal 6-7% sales tax. Best scenic drives in Iowa It's time to hit the road—Stackercompiled a list of the best scenic drives in Iowa using data from Tripadvisor as of March 2024. ...
Minnesota’s legislature is eyeing a complicated and unique legislative session next year. The Minnesota House will be tied, leaving it without a majority for the first time since 1979. That leaves the senate with the only majority in the legislature, a narrowly-held 34-33 DFL majority. News...
The bill signing came shortly after the Iowa affiliates of Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union warned that they would sue the governor if she signed the bill, which the Republican-controlled Legislature quickly approved in after-hours votes earlier in the week. ...
“Republicans voted down our proposals for universal background checks and red flag laws. This must be the year the legislature implements those lifesaving gun safety measures.” By Monday afternoon, Reynolds announced that she signed a disaster proclamation to provide state assistance to ...
The chairman of the Iowa House Transportation Committee expects the Legislature to outlaw texting and driving in 2010: “I think given the circumstances of what’s happened lately — what the media has been reporting and actual tragedies (as a result of texting while driving) — it’s a good...