Category Archives: Iowa Legislature

Calling All Democrats

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Here is an action alert for Iowa Democrats from Iowa Starting Line. 10 Iowa Legislative Districts Democrats Need To Field Candidates In… Just In Case With Donald Trump likely to be at the top of the ticket for the GOP, … 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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New Legislative Session Starts Next Week

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Dave Bradley

One of the great pleasures of my young life was to read the incredibly droll and wry way that young Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul would approach the opening of the Iowa legislature every year. Kaul would then follow … Continue reading →

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Update On Branstad’s Plan To Corporatize Medicaid

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Iowans for Quality Medicaid On Monday, the Iowa Legislature’s Health Policy Oversight Committee will meet at 10am at the State Capitol to get an update on the Governor’s plan to privatize Medicaid. If you can’t make it, you can watch … Continue reading →

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IFL: Taxes Are The Legislature’s Responsibility

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Dave Bradley

GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: TAXES ARE THE LEGISLATURE’S RESPONSIBILITY link Buried deep in all of the messes that the Branstad Administration has created, there is a little known action going on in the Department of Revenue which will have dangerous consequences not … Continue reading →

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IDP Statement on GOP Legislators Supporting Branstad Administration’s Disastrous Medicaid Privatization Plan

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Dave Bradley

DES MOINES – Today (Tuesday, Nov. 3), Republicans on the joint Health Care Policy Oversight Committee all voted against a motion to delay the Branstad administration’s disastrous Medicaid privatization plan by six months in response to concerns and unanswered questions … Continue reading →

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More Medicaid Listening Posts Scheduled

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Trish Nelson

senate.iowa.gov/democrats Senate Democrats are holding listening posts to hear what you have to say about Medicaid privatization. Here are the listening posts that have been scheduled so far Sigourney with Senators Kinney and Bolkcom: Monday, November 2, 3 p.m. to … Continue reading →

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IPP: Branstad’s Administrative Tax Cut For Businesses

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Dave Bradley

If you are looking for solid, fact based opinions on what effect Iowa’s fiscal policies will have in the real world before they are enacted one of the best sources around is the Iowa Policy Project. Once more under the … Continue reading →

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The King Of Iowa?

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Well, Terry the Terrible is at it once again. Looking down the barrel of not being quite the governor that luminaries such as Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal are, Branstad pulls a tax cut for businesses out of nowhere. Being … Continue reading →

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Senator Bob Dvorsky On Education

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Iowa is among the first states to create a teacher leadership system designed to boost student achievement, increase teaching expertise and raise the status of the teaching profession. Research shows a correlation between a school’s ability to keep good teachers … Continue reading →

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