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In 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down a ban on abortion and asserted a fundamental, constitutional right to abortion in Iowa. In response, Iowa Republicans have since focused on changing the constitution to remove that right. This will make space for future restrictions on reproductive health care to withstand court challenges. The amendment proposed […]
In response to the current push to add an amendment to Iowa’s constitution explicitly stating that the constitution doesn’t support or grant a right to abortion, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa recently launched the “we won’t go back” campaign. The campaign is meant to fight back against what Planned Parenthood says would “pave the way […]
Iowa families, students, and educators all want the same thing. We want to get back to school, to work, and our daily lives as soon as possible, and as safely as possible. Today the Governor made that harder by forcing schools to return to full-time in person learning whether it’s safe or not. This new […]
As President Joe Biden implements new policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reynolds administration has Iowa’s status in terms of testing stuck among the lowest in the country. According to data compiled by the Washington Post, Iowa reported 578 tests in the last seven days, per 100,000 residents. That number puts Iowa above Puerto […]
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 […]
Four years ago after the 2016 election, President Obama told the country that “no matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning.” Far too many did not make it through the long night of the past four years, but President Obama was right. Today, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were […]
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 […]
