Politics
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Iowa House Votes To Legalize Guns On School And College Grounds
Iowa House Republicans voted on Wednesday to make it easier to bring guns on the campuses of Iowa schools, community colleges, and universities and to require public schools to implement K-12 gun safety curriculum that was developed by the National Rifle Association (NRA). HF 654 passed 62-37, with only two of 64 Republicans voting against…
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Son Of Iowa GOP Chair Introduces Bill To Block Iowa Dems Caucus Plan
Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R-Wilton), son of Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann, is attempting to stop Iowa Democrats’ plan for a modified caucus that relies on mailed presidential preference cards. The younger Kaufmann introduced a committee bill on Monday that prevents anyone who is not physically present at the location of a precinct caucus from participating…
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Iowa GOP’s Amended Social Media Ban Bill Is Moving Forward
An Iowa House committee advanced a law on Monday to give parents something they can already control: Oversight of their child’s social media accounts. But the bill might instead lead parents to give up more of their own personal information to large social media companies. “Utah just did a law very similar that allows parental…
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Judge’s Abortion Pill Ruling Could Have Widespread Consequences On Health Care Access
Two judges—one in Texas, and one in Washington—issued competing rulings on the fate of the abortion medication mifepristone on Friday, throwing the future of access to the pill into question. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on the federal approval of mifepristone, in what multiple publications have said overruled decades…
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Nurse: Bill To Cut SNAP/Medicaid ‘Not Good’ For Iowans’ Health
Despite both of her parents being college graduates, Esther Hurston said her family struggled financially for most of her childhood and those scars stick with her. “As a little girl, I never knew if we were going to have a home to live in, if I was going to have food to eat,” she said.…
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Trump Makes Himself 2 Inches Taller In Fake Mugshot That Fundraises Off Arrest
Former president Donald Trump decided to turn his arrest and 34 felony charges related to hush money payments to an adult film star into a money-making opportunity, and has reportedly raised $7 million for his 2024 campaign since official news of his indictment last week. For Tuesday’s arrest and appearance in court, the Trump campaign…
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What Iowa Has Gotten Out Of Biden’s Infrastructure Law (So Far)
In 2021, President Biden signed the historic $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, delivering on a key piece of his economic agenda. Since then, billions of dollars have been funneled into all 50 states in order to upgrade highways, transit systems, water systems, and more. In Iowa, $2.4 billion in funding has been announced so…
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$12 billion ‘Pro-Corruption’ Bill Slated For Debate In Iowa House
Iowa House Republicans have a big decision to make: Vote to limit the Iowa Auditor of State Office’s ability to adequately audit over $12.1 billion in state funds or vote to maintain long-held and electorally-decided checks and balances in state government. A fiscal note for SF 478 was released on Friday by the nonpartisan Iowa…
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Father Of Trans Child Privately Asked Reynolds To Veto Anti-Trans Bills. She Didn’t
Like many Iowans with a transgender child, Matt McIver of Des Moines has paid close attention to this year’s Iowa Legislative session, in which more than 30 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced including several that specifically targeted trans kids. Two of those bills—one makes it illegal to provide gender-affirming care to trans children and a school…
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5 Things You Should Know About Kim Reynolds’ Education Bill
An amended version of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ education bill continues to work its way through the Iowa Legislature after it advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee on Wednesday. Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R-Hull), who chaired the subcommittee, said there will be more amendments to the bill but he did not want to discuss them publicly…
