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Senate Study Bill 1017 passed out of a committee meeting on Wednesday afternoon. The final vote was 12-2. Democrat Senators Janet Petersen and Rob...

Fourth District Congressman Steve King has played a major role in efforts to defend the unborn throughout his tenure in the United States House...

The following bills are scheduled to be discussed in the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The meeting will be held in Room 22 and is...

On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Polk County District Court ruled that Iowa's 6-week abortion ban (the Heartbeat bill) violates the Iowa...

Tax rates matter. This should be a simple economic truth, but unfortunately, the argument for why tax rates matter often does not register. They...

The Iowa Standard is a free online news source so we can reach as many people as possible. But we need to raise money!...

Several states have some form of a spending or tax limitation either in their code or in the state constitution. Iowa does not have...

“What is conservatism? Is it not preference for the old and tried, over the new and untried?” stated Abraham Lincoln in defining conservatism. The...

There is an old saying. We need not so much to be told as to be reminded. What is America? Thus spake Benjamin Franklin...

Like many other states, Iowa has undergone a big push against bullying. A noble and worthy cause, the only pause that should be given...