AMES -A new effort to boost federal investment in agricultural research launched in Washington, D.C., bringing together Iowa State University with15 other public and private universities.The initiative, FedByScience, timed with the release of the 2018 House Farm Bill, focuses on demonstrating ...
Week 15 again was a week marked by behind the scenes work on budget bills and very little floor action. We anticipate that budget bills will be eligible for debate early next week.Good news about Iowa continues to come forward.The 2017 Statewide Laborshed Study by Iowa Workforce Development has ...
Our last official day was on Tuesday, our one-hundredth day. We debated a few bills this week, including bills on the gubernatorial line of succession and managing the spread of disease in wild animals.We also recognized several legislators for their public service and years in the Iowa ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) paid tribute on Tuesday, April 17, to veterans from Eastern Iowa who were visiting the memorials dedicated to their service and sacrifice, including the World War II, Vietnam and Korean War Memorials, as well as the Arlington National Cemetery, as part of the Honor ...
In the LegislatureThis week Governor Reynolds signed Senate File 2177. It is an important bill for consumers and Iowans who have been affected by security breaches. This bill removes the ability for consumer reporting agencies to charge a fee to freeze someone's credit, to temporarily unfreeze ...
Newsletter for Thursday, April 12, 2018Week 14 saw a significant slow down on the floor of the House as we dealt with background work on budget and tax reform issues ahead of introducing those bills.On Wednesday of this week the House Ways and Means Committee introduced the House tax reform ...
According to Ottoman statistics, in 1914 Palestine had a population of 657,000 Muslim Arabs, 81,000 Christian Arabs, and 59,000 Jews.With Easter fresh in mind, it is fitting we ask ourselves, who are the Palestinian Christians? And what are their origins that they outnumbered the Jews in ...
Newsletter for Thursday,April 5, 2018As week 13 comes to a close we are beginning behind the scenes work on the budget bills and a tax reform bill, and we debated a few bills on the floor.Notable bills:Senate File 481 - Ensuring safe communities - We debated this bill at length on Tuesday.This ...
In the LegislatureThis week the governor signed several bills sent to her by the Legislature, including the bill providing affordable health insurance options for Iowans, SF 2349. This is a very important step to help Iowans and allow for more health insurance options in our state.The Senate ...
With just a few weeks left in session, Republican lawmakers revived their plan for private school vouchers. Once fully implemented, this latest version would shift over $250 million in taxpayer dollars from public schools to private schools.It's a troubling development in the closing days of ...