Page 25 - Brian Meyer News Today

A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021:

At 10 a.m. Friday, Iowa reported another 740 cases of COVID-19 and 27 additional COVID-19-related deaths — including another in Johnson County — since the states tally at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Coronavirus.Iowa.gov. Officials report a total of 5,223 people with COVID-19 have died from the disease across the state, including 68 in Johnson County. The death reported Friday was the third this week and the 21st so far this year. The countys first was reported April 4. Deaths ...

Posted By: JJ Hayes January 28, 2021 @ 4:02 am Blogs, JJ Hayes Show Page     Today’s Star Spangled Salute honors Marine Veteran Brian Meyer.  Brian served in the Marines for 12 years and one day, while attempting to defuse an improvised bomb, it detonated.  Brian lost most of his right leg, right hand and three fingers.  Brian said, it’s not such a big deal, adding he was only in the hospital for 30 days.  Still...

Triple amputee Marine veteran finds challenge in Montana bison harvest Brett French, The Billings Gazette January 27 Brian Meyer is seen during a bison hunt at the American Prairie Reserve in northeastern Montana on Jan. 17, 2021. Meyer is a triple amputee who lost most of his right leg, his right hand and three fingers on his left hand to a 2011 bomb blast while he was serving as a Marine Corps bomb disposal technician in Sangin, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (Thom Br...

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Late in life, Brian Meyer found his people. They are hunters.

January 22, 2021 Des Moines, Iowa — Democrats say COVID protocols in the legislature are falling short and endangering the health of employees and the general public. Representative Brian Meyer, a Democrat from Des Moines, says online testimony should be allowed at public hearings. (as said) “They don’t feel like it’s safe to come here — I mean we don’t have a mask mandate,” Meyer says, “but they still want to participate in this great democracy that we have.” House Republican...

DES MOINES - Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday rejected Democrats proposals to require face masks in the Iowa State Capitol during this years legislative session.

Des Moines Register Republicans on the Iowa Houses rules committee rejected attempts by Democrats to add a mask requirement and other coronavirus-related precautions to the chamber rules Tuesday, four days after the first positive case was identified at the state Capitol. In addition to a mask mandate for legislators and members of the public, Democrats proposals would have allowed members of the public to speak at House subcommittee meetings virtually and would have allowed legislators to vot...

January 19th, 2021 share-square-1189839 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Twins today announced minor league managerial and coaching assignments for the 2021 season. For the second consecutive year, all six affiliates will have two pitching coaches, one of whom is bilingual (English & Spanish), while the top three levels employ five-person coaching staffs. Triple-A St. Paul Saints Toby Gardenhire makes his Triple-A managerial debut with the St. Paul Saints, after guiding the Twins’ t...