by Luke Martz | Jul 6, 2022 | Legislature, State Politics
Democratic state house candidate Sonya Heitshusen recklessly discharged a handgun in her home, shattering her sliding glass door, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Iowa Feld Report. The incident occurred on Monday, June 27th, around 11:20 pm. According to...
by Iowa Field Report | May 24, 2022 | Legislature, State Government
Closing Remarks from Senate Majority Leader Whitver Des Moines – Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, released closing remarks at the end of the 2022 Iowa Legislative Session as prepared for delivery. Friends and colleagues, I want to start by simply...
by Luke Martz | May 9, 2022 | Agriculture, Legislature, Opinion
Democrat State Senator Kevin Kinney falsely claimed to be the only full-time farmer in the Iowa Senate. It’s a breathtakingly false claim, divorced completely from reality. More egregiously, it is a claim he fully knows is not true. Kinney has been in the Senate...
by Matt Whitaker | Apr 4, 2022 | Legislature, Opinion, State Government
In the final weeks of session, the Iowa legislature has an immediate opportunity to make strides toward solving public safety and workforce challenges by advancing a proven and tested solution: incentivize people on probation to complete education and vocational...
by Jason Schultz | Mar 28, 2022 | Legislature, Opinion
The largest bill to move out of each chamber this week was HF 2355, the Unemployment Insurance reform bill. There has long been a need to reform Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund (UITF) laws in order to balance the need for those terminated through no fault of...
by Pat Grassley | Feb 4, 2022 | Legislature, Opinion, Policy
We took our first vote of the 2022 Legislative Session this week in the Iowa House. It was a vote I was very proud to cast because it’ll help support our renewable fuels industry here in Iowa. Good for Farmers. Good for Consumers. Good for Biofuels. Governor...
