This morning, Iowa became one of the first states to remove the civil rights of transgender residents. Here's one story from an Iowan impacted by the change.
US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says the US Senate GOP bill and its massive cuts to Medicaid are too much. But will that change her willingness to vote for it?
“Survival mode.”
That’s what Rep. Heather Matson says Iowa’s public school districts are operating in these days.
And in just a couple of short months, there will be another issue added to the growing list of Republican moves that are hurting the state's more than 300 public school districts.
Besides being underfunded, not having teacher candidates to hire, and a voucher system that diverts public funds from public schools to private, the new trouble will be a requirement for public schools to let private school students play in their sports programs.
Matson says she worries about “the possible fiscal and logistical implications.”
The Trump administration's massive cuts to federal programs has reached Ottumwa's Job Corps site, taking away jobs and an economic safety net from one of Iowa's poorest counties.
Learn more on the latest episode of Cornhole Champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzECAsvY2wI
If you want the Iowa legislature to get something done, you just have to have enough money to give.
US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks supported Trump's tax bill that will knock 86,000 Iowans off their Medicaid coverage. She signed a letter recently saying the Senate version goes too far.
You didn't elect the Family Leader, but they're pulling a lot of strings at the Capitol.
Rob Sand, Democratic candidate for Iowa governor, spoke with teachers Thursday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. On the private school voucher program, Sand said if school choice advocates want competition, they should have the same rules public schools maintain.
It's a long road to get elected, and it's not a bad thing if it takes a few tries.
Listen to the newest episode of Cornhole Champions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv0eS3j4RZs&t=46s
Gov. Reynolds is getting a lot of heat from her own party. Find out why on the latest episode of Cornhole Champions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__tByhQwWA&t=3s
