retroactively, and some lawmakers and advocates felt it was designed as a means to attack local officials who disagreed with the governor and legislature on how best to respond to the covid-19 pandemic. other bills were aimed at iowa’s university system, including a bill that would remove ...
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...
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 ...
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But it was a series of reply-all emails that demanded the attention of the legislature. The hearings became a launchpad for lawmakers to introduce bills that would end tenure, force faculty to identify their political affiliations, and make Trump’s executive order state law. In the p...
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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 ...
Oddly, the audit report references the Iowa Legislature not advancingDemocraticproposalsto change Iowa law to require reimbursement for emergency contraception and abortion, interpreting this as “Iowans have made their position on public funding of abortions clear.” Is Bird really setting a standard th...
when DeSantis criticized Haley for failing to shepherd a school voucher program through a reticent South Carolina legislature. “She blames other people. Leadership is about getting things done. Stop making excuses; make it happen,” he said. Haley responded by recounting months of drama, leader...