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...
After the Legislature passed the bill, Des Moines Police Chief Dana Wingert told The Associated Press in an email in March that immigration status does not factor into the department's work to keep the community safe. He said the force is "not equipped, funded or staffed" to take on respo...
I thought of all this when reading aNational Reviewheadline: 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 internatio...
Among Iowa's colorful native sons were Buffalo Bill Cody, labor leader John L. Lewis, and baseball player–evangelist Billy Sunday. Other public figures associated with the state are James Wilson, U.S. secretary of agriculture for 16 years (1897–1913), and the noted members of the Wallace...
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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
“The Iowa Legislature and Gov. Reynolds have repeatedly targeted the most vulnerable students with rhetoric and legislation designed to suppress, out, target, ban, and censor Iowa’s LGBTQ+ student communities,” said Iowa State Education Association President Mike Beranek.The...
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. ...
United States Senate, one of the two houses of the legislature (Congress) of the United States, established in 1789 under the Constitution. Each state elects two senators for six-year terms. The terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber th...