Iowa Certificate of Need process remains in limbo in Senate subcommittee
Senate File 18 generated plenty of interest during a subcommittee last Wednesday. The bill would eliminate the certificate of need process relating to the...
Republican Senators Chapman, Smith pass life amendment out of subcommittee
After hearing testimony in support and against Senate Joint Resolution 9, the three-member subcommittee passed the bill 2-1, with Democrat Sen. Claire Celsi opposed...
Reps. Windschitl, Klein get gun amendment through subcommittee
Iowa House Republicans are putting forth another proposed amendment to the Iowa Constitution that includes the right to keep and bear arms after an...
Let’s Get Real About Spending
Several states have some form of a spending or tax limitation either in their code or in the state constitution. Iowa does not have...
Bill prohibiting impeding traffic in left lane gets out of subcommittee
House File 74 is an act relating to the operation of motor vehicles in the left-most lane of certain roadways. It was sponsored by...
Bill filed would provide monument at Capitol for abortion victims
Representative Dean Fisher filed a bill on Tuesday to provide for an abortion victims monument on the Capitol complex grounds. Representatives Thomas Gerhold, Skyler...
If Only An Unborn Baby Were a Bald Eagle’s Egg
***Originally published in December of 2018***
Rekha Basu's trashing of the heartbeat law shocked nobody. In reality, if the Republican House and Senate passed a...
LETTER: Red lights needed on back of bicycles
On this weekend of Jan. 27th in Des Moines, they are hosting the Iowa Bike Expo. What a great opportunity for cyclists from around...
“Minister” Griffin: Radical pro-life lawmakers not representative of all Iowans —...
In perhaps the most troubling testimony of the subcommittee, Debbie Griffin, senior "minister" of Downtown Disciples, blasted the amendment.
"Attempting to deny the right to...
Barrett: Pro-life platform ‘not sane,’ getting an abortion is ‘normal’
Isabelle Barrett said she spoke with her elderly grandma about the issue. She told her grandma's story about having to carry a dead baby...