Category Archives: Iowa legislature 2016

Branstad, Snyder Typify Republican Party

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Dave Bradley

When I think of Republicans, especially Republicans in power I think of incompetence beyond anyone’s worst nightmare. In their drive to enrich their wealthy donors, they push hard for cuts to any programs that help the poor and help maintain … Continue reading →

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Is Iowa On The Brink Of An Education Crisis?

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Progress Iowa: The caucuses are over, but the legislature is still in session, and there’s a lot of work left to be done. With the help of Public Policy Polling, we recently surveyed Iowans across the state, … Continue reading →

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Will The Legislature Let Medical Marijuana Happen This Year?

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Two years ago, Iowa seemingly became the latest in a string of states to allow marijuana to be used in limited medical situations. In Iowa, the situations were centered around epilepsy. All agreed this was very necessary and very good … Continue reading →

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Democrats Lay Out Agenda For 2016 Legislative Session

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Gronstal: “There is no net to the general fund. That is the fiction they’ve created.”

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Children Should Not Have Guns

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Why do we even have to say this stuff?  Below is an action alert from Iowans for Gun Safety. The bill mentioned here appears to be sponsored by Matt Windschitl (R) who also helped pass it out of subcommittee and … Continue reading →

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The Courtney Report

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Dave Bradley

The Iowa Legislature is back in session. We are quite happy to once again turn a corner of this blog over to excerpts from the newsletter of State Senator Tom Courtney and occasionally others. The full newsletter can be read … Continue reading →

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Corruption In The Iowa Legislature?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Trish Nelson

In honor of the opening day of the 2016 Iowa legislative session, we invite you to partake of some background information that will help make sense of those seemingly crazy ideas of Governor Branstad and the Iowa GOP legislators, like … Continue reading →

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