by Luke Martz | Jul 13, 2022 | Legislature
Yesterday, Speaker of the House Pat Grassley named Wilton Representative Bobby Kaufmann as the Chairman of the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee. “I am honored to be named chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee,” said Kaufmann. “As the...
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...
