The new year brings with it something new from Pat Rynard – the Iowa Starting Line Podcast! Our inaugural episode features a discussion of recent news and the state’s new legislative session with Iowa District 77 Representative Amy Nielsen and Iowa Safe...
The second year of Republican dominance at the Iowa Statehouse kicked off today, but not without some sharp words of warning from Democratic lawmakers. Legislative leaders gave their start-of-session speeches in their respective chambers this morning after gaveling in...
Republican legislative leaders were none too happy with Senators Brad Zaun and Mark Chelgren at the beginning of the 2017 session. Both of them had filed a handful of particularly odd or politically volatile bills at the beginning of the session, from ideas like women...