Last week, we passed the government reorganization bill through the lowa House. It has been 40 years since lowa reorganized its state government. This bill will streamline government, increase efficiency, eliminate redundancies, save taxpayer dollars and ultimately ensure state government ...
Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices published in newspapers remain relevant and necessary. A bill filed in the newly formed Technology Committee just over a week ago moved through committee in two days and last week moved through the Ways & Means Committee in ...
Community Based Corrections or CBC provides a vital service to Iowa communities. In corrections, prisons and jails are well known, but CBC is a part of the system that you may not know about because it has been operating quietly in the background for the past 50 years, saving millions in ...
The first funnel week is behind us and we’ve been busy in the Senate with late-night debates and important decisions being made. Unfortunately, some of those decisions were not in line with the highest priority concerns I’ve heard from constituents in my district. Late at night on Tuesday, ...
Last week we entered the debate phase of the session, with bills being sent to theSenate, and few already making it to the Governor’s desk. Ilow House Republicans passed Senate File 75 to establish licensure in Iowa for Rural Emergency Hospitals. This bill was a priority bill for the ...
Last week brought a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill during funnel week as we sorted out what bills would survive the process through committees. I am confident this week's discussions and debates on the House floor going forward into this session will help low flourish and I will continue ...
Meet my clerk I wanted to take a moment this week to pull back the curtain and introduce you to the secret of my success in the Senate: my clerk Nathaniel Harwood. Nathaniel is from Cedar Falls and graduated from Iowa State University in December with a degree in political science. He ...
With a record of 29 unique pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation released already this year, Iowa’s LGBTQ community has a message for the Iowa GOP legislators targeting them: enough. Multiple LGBTQ advocacy organizations, business owners, community gathering places, Pride organizations, and ...
The warming of the planet influences the amount and distribution of precipitation. Although there are exceptions, in general, wet areas are expected to become wetter and dry areas drier. Wet areas will become wetter because warmer air can hold more water vapor. Also, warmer air, along with ...
As week eight approaches, its full steam ahead into funnel week at the lowa State Capitol. Any bills that are not actively moving through the process of progressing through subcommittee and committee approval will run out of time to be taken up this year's session, so it will be a flurry of ...