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The state bills debated since the start of the year “are all tests designed to see how far government power to legislate on behalf of a fetus can reach,” said Jessica Mason Pieklo, who has been tracking legislation as the senior legal analyst for Rewire, a website that promotes views su...
There’s a chance that your state’s capital is one of 18 that want to make that the law of the land — if they haven’t already. Porn has been under attack in the U.S. before, but state legislatures have made tangible progress this year with sometimes-bipartisanage verification laws...
Gov. Adam Gregg, and other staff like the secretary of state, attorney general, and state treasurer and their respective Iowa department agencies. Their duties include approving or vetoing bills and carrying out and recommending laws. The governor can serve an unlimited number of terms. The ...
Iowa Divestment Measures: Legislation:House File 484 (April 20, 2011).State Bodies Affected:All State Entities, State Pension Funds.Report:Annual Report on Iran Divestment (September 29, 2014).Prohibited Investment:35 companies (as of April 27, 2014). ...
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To continue highlighting trends across the country, included below are our current bill-tracking counts for LGBTQ-related bills in state legislatures.Note that these counts may differ from other organizations or public counts for a variety of reasons, and this work is greatly facilitated by the ...
we held that because the new statute limited the appeal rights of prisonersbut not the Stateit unconstitutionally denied prisoner-appellants equal protection of the laws. Shortridge v. State,478 N.W.2d 613, 615 (Iowa 1991). The legislature responded by amending section 663 A. 9 once again,...
What is now Iowa State University was originally set up by the state legislature as an agricultural college and model farm in 1858. Land was purchased for close to $5,400 the following year. The farmhouse building (now a museum that is said to be haunted) was completed in 1861. ...
The Maine Legislature is currently sogrid lockedthat the governor had to call lawmakers back early from their summer recess to pass bills they could not agree on earlier this year. Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, called the special session to address bond bills, as Democrats and Republicans in...