Campus security, needed infrastructure improvements and benefits to the educational opportunities provided by the Iowa Valley Community College District are some of the chief reasons supporters of the $32 million bond issue call for your vote next Tuesday, April 2.Voters in the South Tama and ...
On Feb. 13, the Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for a special election on April 2, 2019, for voters to approve a bond issue not to exceed $32 million (cost is $3.38 per month extra for an $100,000 assessed home ...
Week nine in the Iowa Senate included some of the first major debate of this year. Just this week, we passed over 30 bills out of the Senate chamber.The Senate passed Senate File 536 on Wednesday, which took out a restriction in the Iowa code that limited the operation of tele-pharmacies in ...
Newsletter for Friday, March 15We quickly shifted gears this week, spending much more time in caucus meetings reviewing bills and then debating them on the floor. We debated and passed over 40 bills this week. Many of the bills are non-controversial, taking but a few minutes to discuss and ...
Newsletter for Friday, March 8, 2019March 8 was the "Funnel" date, the date when our policy bills need to be passed by a committee to stay eligible for floor debate. By one accounting, there have been 1,647 bills filed so far this session in both chambers. The committee chairs, their ...
Q: What is Sunshine Week?A: Sunshine Week celebrates open government and freedom of information. It coincides with the anniversary of James Madison's birth on March 16.As the Founding Father wrote in Federalist 51: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." He further explained ...
For government to be of, by and for the people it must be out in front of the people.The theme for Sunshine Week 2019 is simply, "It's your right to know."The reason it's your right to know is that it's your government.From the courthouse, to the statehouse to the White House, it is your right ...
In the LegislatureThis was the seventh week of the 2019 legislative session, and a week busy with subcommittee meetings. Next week is the first funnel week of the year, meaning Senate bills need to be out of Senate committees in order to be considered for the rest of the year. This does not ...
Newsletter for Thursday,February 28, 2019We are quickly approaching "Funnel Week", which is when all policy bills need to be voted out of committee for them to be considered for further action. Each year hundreds of bills are filed, but only about 200 make it through the funnel deadline. Each ...
Washington, D.C.- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue reiterated during a U.S. Senate hearing last week the need to restore the original intent of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is to be a second chance and not a way of life.Secretary Perdue's comments come ...