Beginning of the end for Death Tax in Iowa?
Republican Senators Randy Feenstra and Jake Chapman voted a bill to repeal Iowa's inheritance tax through subcommittee on Thursday. Democrat Sen. Herman Quirmbach did...
Sen. Zaun’s bill for runoff primary elections advances out of subcommittee
Not every bill filed in the Iowa Capitol is personal for the legislator who proposed the bill, but Senate File 36 certainly is personal...
Tension-filled subcommittee on workfare for SNAP beneficiaries
Tensions grew late in Thursday's subcommittee on Senate Study Bill 1108. It's a workfare requirement for people who are on SNAP.
"What this bill...
Property Owners Aren’t a Blank Check
By Grover Norquist & Chris Ingstad
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brought the corporate income tax rate down from 35 percent to 21 percent,...
Senate Sessions — ‘Death Tax,’ possessing guns at work, traffic cam...
SSB 1090: Senate Study Bill 1090 was filed by Sen. Tim Kapucian. It is an act relating to the operation of authorized emergency vehicles...
College free speech bill passes out of Senate committee
The Senate Education Committee passed Senate Study Bill 1099 out of committee on Wednesday. The lone Democrat to vote in support of the bill...
Animal abuse law addressed in Senate subcommittee
Senate Study Bill 1075 was passed through subcommittee by all three Iowa Senators on Wednesday.
The bill amends Code Chapter 717B prohibiting the mistreatment of...
Senate subcommittee signs off on bill involving peace officers teaching driver’s...
A bill that would allow peace officers and retired police officers to teach street or highway driving instruction portion of driver's ed without authorization...
VIDEO: House subcommittee on traffic cam ban
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If Dems Were in Control: Wage “Discrimination”
"If Dems Were in Control" will be a feature here at The Iowa Standard that looks at some of the bills proposed by Democrats...
