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Iowans eager to contact the Governor about her new education proposals online were unwittingly spammed with a solicitation for campaign funds. Participation in the public debate has been heated around the Governor’s legislation that would take funding away from public schools and give that support to private schools instead. An internet poll created by the […]
After mentioning the topic in her condition of the state address, Gov. Kim Reynolds began her attack on public schools in earnest this week with two bills that would shift public tax dollars away from public schools, and create an unsafe working environment for educators and students. The Iowa Senate will consider one bill proposing […]
Iowa’s leading labor unions filed an OSHA complaint today regarding the COVID-19 policies adopted for the session, and leading labor unions signed a letter to Iowa House and Senate leadership expressing their concerns over lack of safety in the capitol building when it comes to the pandemic. “This should be about public health and safety […]
Still in the midst of an economically and socially devastating pandemic, Iowa could take another blow to how much money it has available to invest in critical public services and resources. In a Senate Ways and Means subcommittee meeting yesterday, Sens. Dan Dawson, Janet Peterson and Annette Sweeney signed off on a bill to repeal […]
Judicial boogeymen and false myths about abortion in Iowa were promoted by Republican officials and conservatives in a subcommittee meeting this morning as HSB 41, an anti-abortion amendment to the Iowa Constitution, was referred by Rep. Steven Holt to the full House Judiciary Committee. The study bill proposes an amendment to the Iowa State Constitution […]