She will complete her current term in the House that ends this year before leaving the legislature. Rep. John Wills was elected by voice vote to speaker pro tempore and Rep. Matt Windschitl, one of the House’s most ardent gun rights advocates, will be House majority leader. Wills said ...
May 1983: The Iowa Legislature enacts the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act, enabling qualified sponsoring groups to apply for a license to run pari-mutuel betting on dog races and horseraces.July 1983: The first racing commission is established on July 1, 1983, after the governor approves the ...
Iowa Legislature divided on results at end of sessionDavid Frost
Despite attempts being made, the legislature of Iowa has been unable to legalize online poker in the state thus far. Therefore, under the current state laws it’s deemed illegal to operate an online poker website in Iowa but it’s still federally legal to play at offshore sites. Players ...
If reform is what the AEAs need, we need to get it right. An interim study and more informed debate next session seems like a better plan than the current bills moving in the Legislature. We’d urge lawmakers to consider pressing the pause button instead of continuing to push ahead. ...
72 percent of adults surveyed by the Iowa Poll/Des Moines Register responded that text messaging and driving deserved the Legislature’s attention during the shortened session. The telephone poll was conducted in early February 2010. (No other topic received more than a 42 percent approval.) ...
There was a pandemic raging through the state—in the fall of 2020, Iowa had one of the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the nation. But it was a series of reply-all emails that demanded the attention of the legislature. The hearings became a launchpad for lawmakers to i...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and four aides helped make a marketing video for a Utah company that was awarded no-bid contracts for work on the coronavirus pandemic, a move that has raised allegations of favoritism and imprope
Well, lately because we’re the legislature is in session, I’ve been reading a lot of bills. Okay. So that that probably until April, that’s gonna probably be the most what I wait also to I’m reading, I’m chairing the our comprehensive plan, update committee, we have a ...
“It is a conundrum because I think in general we consider ourselves to be pretty progressive. We voted for Obama twice,” said Conlin. Women make up about 23 percent of the Legislature, putting Iowa in 25th place when it comes to female representation in the state General Assembly, accordin...