The Iowa legislature will likely focus on the economy, jobs, mental health, education and property tax reform, probably not abortion and gay rights.

Here are some links to Iowa newspaper coverage speculating about what the upcoming session will bring.

Des Moines Register: Complex Reforms n Priority List for 2012 Session

The Gazette:  Iowa Lawmakers Focus on Economy and Jobs

Sioux City Journal:  A Wishlist for the Iowa Legislature

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Iowa Legislators Say Action on Abortion, Gay Rights Unlikely

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil: Legislature: Focus on ‘Jobs, jobs, jobs’

Quad-City Times: Iowa Lawmakers Plan Focus on Economy and Jobs

2012 Iowa Legislative Session Timetable

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Schedules/SessionTimetable.pdf

Participate in your government.  Find your state senator and representative here.  (They are sending us to Congress.org until the page is updated).

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/officials/congress/

Livestream the Iowa House:  http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&Service=livevideo

Oh and here’s the agenda of the Iowa Firearms Coalition if you’re interested. They want to amend the state’s constitution to include “the right to keep and bear arms.”

http://www.iowafc.org/download/2012%20IFC%20Legislative%20Agenda.pdf