After several hours of delay due to a suspicious powder mailed to State Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, the Iowa House passed a bill last night to ban local governments from using "automated traffic law enforcement systems." The 58 to 40 vote didn't fo... »
The nice thing about a large majority, like the 60 to 40 Republican advantage in the Iowa House, is not needing every vote in your caucus for every bill. Members can oppose the party line when local interests are threatened without derailing the legisl... »
At least 200 people gathered on the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol Monday evening for a rally and vigil marking one month since Trayvon Martin's killing in Floriday. After the jump I've posted a few notes from the event, along with links about th... »
Senate District 34 Registration: D 12855, R 14159, N 16582, total 43648, R +1304 Incumbent: Liz Mathis, D-Cedar Rapids It was a genius move by Terry Branstad: since he was required to name a Democrat to the state utility board anyway, he went to the Se... »
Senate District 24 Registration: D 13188, R 14260, N 17261, total 44744, R +1072 Incumbent: Jerry Behn, R-Boone A lot has changed for Jerry Behn in the last year. Before his role in the Senate changed to party leader, his district got reconfigured so h... »
Shelley Parbs announced today that she will run for Iowa Senate district 38. She is the second declared Democratic candidate in this district; the winner of the June primary will face first-term Republican Tim Kapucian, a Senate minority leader and ran... »
Iowa Senate Democrats finally announced their challenger to first-term Republican Tim Kapucian last week, setting up a potentially competitive race in the new Iowa Senate district 38. The new Senate district 38 covers all of Benton, Iowa, and Poweshiek... »
By Lauris Olson AmesNewsOnline (March 26, 2012 – 12:15 p.m.) Ames state representative Lisa Heddens said Friday that an amendment is headed to the Iowa House floor that would eliminate state funding of Planned Parenthood, reduce funding to other wo... »
