By Lyle Muller May 10, 2022 The Iowa Legislature’s 2022 session dragged into mid-May with a stumbling block: a school voucher bill that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed to what usually has been the receptive, Republican-led House and Senate....
Bills limiting cellphone use by mandating voice-activated or hands-free technology while driving have been introduced in the Iowa Legislature since 2019, but all attempts at passage have been unsuccessful. "This is not a political issue. This is a safety issue," Peter Bengtson said. "Lawmakers ...
Trump sued Selzer, her polling company, the Des Moines Register, and its parent company Gannett over the final pre-election Iowa Poll, which showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by 3 points. The Republican later carried Iowa by a 13-point margin. FIRE’s chief counsel Bob Corn-...
In contrast, the 2024 elections moved the Iowa legislature further away from gender parity. The decline was steeper in the state House, where Iowans elected fewer women than at any point since 2014. A retirement produced a smaller drop in female representation in the upper chamber. IOWA HOUSE:...
Posted in 2020 election campaign, Iowa Legislature, voter suppression | Tagged bobby kaufmann, Iowa Legislature, Iowa politics, Mary Mascher, voter suppression | 1 Comment In Contrast, Democrats Will Install Competent Government Posted on February 29, 2020 by Dave Bradley The previous post today ...
Further down the ballot are nearly two dozen contested primaries for the state legislature, mostly on the Republican side. Half of the 50 state Senate seats and all 100 state House seats are up for election in November. Republicans have a lock on Iowa’s state government, with a Repub...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference as acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, from left, looks on during the opening day of the Iowa Legislature at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 8, 2018.Charlie Neibergall / AP file Iowa has a messa...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Democratic candidate for governor pressed Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday to commit to debates ahead of the November election.
Posted inIowa Legislature,Progress Iowa|Taggedinfrastructure,Iowa bridges|Comments Off Hard To Believe Americans Accept This Posted onJanuary 2, 2016byDave Bradley We come to the end of another year and my biggest single take on the country is the things that Americans are now willing to accept...
Trump has enjoyed his kingmaker status over the past few months, boosting his endorsed candidates to victory in primary elections ranging from top of the ticket to state legislature. And while he faces a number of swirling investigations, including...