2023
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‘More Cuts Will Be Made’: Iowans Debate New Voucher Bill
Iowans got a chance to comment on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ latest bill to fund private school tuition with public tax dollars during a Tuesday public hearing held by the Iowa House Education Reform Committee. House Republicans have fast-tracked the proposal so it skips several steps that bills normally go to before they reach the House…
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New Legislators: Adam Zabner Brings Youthful Voice To Iowa House
Adam Zabner only thought it was natural that what he thinks is Iowa’s youngest house district be represented by someone who is close in age to its primary constituents. The 23-year-old is the new representative for Iowa House District 90 in Iowa City, which includes most of the dorms at the University of Iowa, Kinnick…
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Iowa Bill To Decriminalize Weed, Allow Retail Sales Filed By Senate Dems
Iowa Senate Democrats filed a bill decriminalizing personal amounts of marijuana and allowing cities to OK retail shops selling it, even though majority Republicans are unlikely to pass this one to the left.
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UNI Faculty Union Ask Regents For Raises To Match Inflation
Faculty at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) say their pay hasn’t kept up with inflation for years, and are asking the Iowa Board of Regents for nearly 10% raises to make up for it. United Faculty UNI, which represents around 500 professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and adjunct professors at the Regents university in…
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8 Sweet Candy Shops In Iowa You Should Check Out
As the wise man 50 Cent once said, “Take me to the candy shop.” Fortunately, Iowans do not have to look far to find one in the Hawkeye State. Whether you are a chocolate connoisseur, a hard candy cruncher, a sucker for soft candy, or a gummy groupie, there is an Iowa candy shop for…
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Alleged GOP Voter Fraud Operation Busted In Sioux City
The wife of a Woodbury County Supervisor and a well-known local Republican activist in her own right has been charged with 52 federal indictments related to voter fraud. According to federal court documents that were unsealed on Thursday, Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City concocted various election schemes in 2020 to get her husband,…
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Breaking Down Reynolds Claims On State Workers And Collective Bargaining
Gov. Kim Reynolds says her 2017 law gutting collective bargaining for many state and local workers was “badly needed” and “Iowans are better for it.” But advocates for those workers say the opposite has been true in the past six years, with fewer employees handling even more work than before and paltry annual raises of…
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New Bill Would Make Iowa’s City And School Elections Partisan
A new bill introduced by Sen. Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale) would make Iowa’s historically nonpartisan city council and school board elections into partisan races complete with primaries. SF23 would affect city council, school board, and merged area elections, but school board races would see the most significant changes. [inline-ad id=0] While some Iowa cities hold primary…
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Here’s What’s Different About Gov. Reynolds’ Newest School Voucher Bill
For the third legislative session in a row, Gov. Kim Reynolds has introduced another version of her private school voucher bill, but the latest proposal is her boldest, biggest, and most expensive one to date. Reynolds was successfully reelected to another four-year term and ran on a platform of giving parents more say in their…
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Gov. Reynolds Wants More Funding For Questionable Pregnancy Centers
In her Condition of the State address Tuesday evening, Gov. Kim Reynolds called for more taxpayer money to go toward a program aimed at preventing abortions. Passed last year, the More Options for Maternal Support bill (MOMs), directed $500,000 in state funding to nonprofit organizations that “have a commitment to promoting healthy pregnancies and childbirth…
