The Iowa Standard

Maggie DeWitte of Iowans For Life, and spokesperson for the Iowa pro-life coalition, spoke in favor of SJR 9. The coalition, she said, is...

Jamie Burch Elliott spoke against SJR 9, the resolution that would add an amendment to the Iowa Constitution stating there is no right to...

I am sitting in Room 315 of the Iowa Capitol as I type this, awaiting a noon subcommittee on Senate Joint Resolution 9, which...

It's a big day in Senate subcommittees. Sports betting, elimination of certificate of need and a neutrality amendment on abortion will all be featured. SSB...

House Study Bill 55 passed on a party line vote Tuesday in a House State Government committee meeting. The joint resolution proposed an amendment...

Tuesday was advocacy day at the Capitol for the Alzheimer's Association. The group set up shop in the Capitol rotunda to increase awareness of...

A pair of bills were unanimously passed through the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday afternoon. House Study Bill 65 was proposed by the Department...

Senate Joint Resolution 2 passed through its subcommittee on a 2-1 vote Tuesday afternoon. Democrat Sen. Joe Bolkcom voted against it while Republican Senators...

Senate subcommittees today will deal with a variety of issues. One would relate to the Iowa Sobriety and Drug Monitoring program. Some modest tax...

State Sen. Charles Schneider wrote extensively about the property tax problem here in Iowa in his legislative newsletter last week. Rather than picking and...

Today's Iowa Senate subcommittees are highlighted by a bill that would prohibit the Department of Transportation from designing or constructing roundabouts on primary road...

During the last legislative session, the legislature passed a tax reform measure that begins the process of lowering rates, improving coupling with the federal...

With last week’s release of the annual Condition of Education Report, a few areas of note are available for viewing. Students Student numbers have continued their climb,...

GovTrack, an independent organization that tracks federal legislation and information about Members of Congress, recently released its annual “Report Card,” a special year-end project...

Democratic Governor Ralph Northam and Democratic Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran are advocating to loosen the requirements of late-term abortion in Virginia, which even includes...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Commercial Facility seized nearly $4.6 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine totaling close to 650 pounds...

Last week, President Donald J. Trump made an appeal for bipartisanship to solve America’s immigration crisis. The reason is simple: Ordinary Americans across the...

The Iowa Senate will hold a couple of key subcommittee meetings today. One will eliminate requirements and references to the Iowa Common Core or...

The past couple of weeks has been a whirlwind for those who are pro-life. On Jan. 20th we had Sanctity of Life Sunday where...

I oppose the errant notion floating about that a bill should be passed that clarifies the Iowa State Constitution as allegedly being "neutral" toward...