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Not quite as many subcommittees today as committee work will pick up this week. Highlighting the list of bills in Senate subcommittees today is...

Legislative Services Agency's "Pieces of Iowa's Past" can be found here. It is about Amelia Earhart.

The first Resolution that Congressional Democrats introduced after taking control in January fundamentally changes the fair and nonpartisan redistricting model that Iowa has used...

Excerpt from Democrat Sen. Janet Petersen's newsletter: Because Governor Reynolds and legislative Republicans are determined to stick with Iowa’s troubled privatized Medicaid, Democrats have proposed...

Property Tax Reform Bill Introduced Last week, Iowa House Republicans released House Study Bill 165, a property tax reform bill, creating a city and county budget...

This week the Wall Street Journal's Editorial Board published an opinion piece that discussed Arizona's efforts to make it easier to work and start businesses...

Iowa's suicide rate among veterans is high. It's almost doubled the national rate. Listen to veteran Michael Young talk about why Iowa should pursue...

Vanderbilt law professor Brian Fitzpatrick speaks to us about why he believes Iowa should change its judicial nominating commission. "I don't think it can be...

Iowa has some issues when it comes to occupational licensing. The Institute for Justice says Iowa is one of the worst states for occupational...

Bills that passed on the House floor last week: HF 223 A bill for an act relating to reimbursement of witness mileage expenses.  Passed - 98-0 HF 262 A...