The chambers of the Iowa Senate and the Iowa House of Representatives are silent after a busy 2021 session.
Lawmakers teed up bills that addressed a wide assortment of problems,
The 2021 session of the Iowa Legislature will end in a few weeks, and one big issue moving toward a final vote would make charter schools easier to create as
Many years ago, during a conversation with an old lawyer, he made a comment I still remember: “You can sue the bishop of Boston for bastardy, but that doesn’t
The sponsor of an Iowa bill that would prohibit cities or counties from regulating the sale of natural gas or propane said he is confident the legislation will make it
There have not been a lot of bright spots since coronavirus began sickening Iowans.
So far, 685 people have died in our state from the virus, and another 26,000
Iowans take considerable pleasure in enumerating the various ways our state stands apart from the other 49 states – beyond our endangered first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses.
For many years,
There is a retired businessman in western Iowa who bristles every time he reads a newspaper article from somewhere in our state about government officials who have misused their government
Credibility is oh so fragile, and officials in Iowa’s largest school district dented theirs last week.
Even people who don’t live in Des Moines should be troubled by
There was a sobering news report a few weeks ago that did not get the attention it deserved here in Iowa.
That’s unfortunate, because the report should put to
One of the most contentious issues in the Iowa Legislature this year involved the way the state’s judges are chosen.
That process was established 57 years ago when voters
The Republican Party’s state chairman said Democrats have nothing to complain about when it comes to a series of last-minute Republican bills adopted in the final days of the Iowa Legislature’s 2019 session. The Democratic Party leader disagrees, as you would expect.
