Guest post from Ruth Thompson The “Running with Scissors Administration” is striking fear in the hearts of everyone but fetuses and the NRA. In Iowa, so far this session we’ve seen our Republican...

Guest post from House Leader Mark Smith According to the special interests running the show for Republicans at the State Capitol these days, the next priority of the Iowa Legislature will be...

Secretary of State Paul Pate's voter suppression bill is making its way through the Statehouse this week. It passed through a House committee late last night after Democrats attempted to...

Guest post from Tim Urban In an Op-ed in the New York Times titled “Trump Voters Are Not the Enemy,” Nicholas Kristof cites three reasons why “it’s shortsighted to direct liberal fury at the...

The 2017 Iowa legislative session has been disheartening for many Democrats, progressives and people who care about a fair, just Iowa. But there is one silver lining: tough people step up in...

Guest post from Senate Leader Rob Hogg Today, I am writing to ask you to help us stop a dozen bad bills from advancing out of committee this week. Friday marks the “first funnel” under...

Guest post from Chelsea Lepley Progressives in Iowa and around the country have taken note of the energy and enthusiasm of citizen gatherings, the size of which has not been seen in the lifetimes...

Guest post from Eric Saylor Statehouse Republicans have mounted several high-profile legislative attacks on their political opponents this session, Planned Parenthood and public sector unions...

Guest post from former Senator Dennis Black I served 12 years in the Iowa House and 20 in the Iowa Senate, basically parts of Jasper and Polk Counties.  I retired in 2015, with Senator Chaz Allen...

The Republican-controlled Legislature is on track to reward gun-fanatics with their dream agenda!  Perhaps the most senseless piece of this legislation is the gun extremists' goal of giving...