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Opinion: Three bills are premised on the government stifling or compelling speech to hurt people, write Andrea Frantz and other advocates.

Iowa has a history of saying “gay” before others. In 2009, Iowa became just the third state in the nation to recognize gay marriage as a legal right according to its state Supreme Court decision Varnum v. Brien. So, we Iowans not only can say “gay,” but most of us understand that doing so makes

Gerald Ott: If a state turns education over to private, unaccountable interests, it loses its grip as a guarantor of democracy.

A protest was held outside of the Statehouse on Sunday afternoon against two pieces of legislation that would restrict how schools approach sexual orientation and gender identity.

By: Adam Majid, UpTake Fellow Minnesota’s House Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy gathered on March 4, 2022 at 10:30am to ratify amendments and hear testimony House Files 3464 and 1152. Each bill was co-authored by committee member Rep. Jaime Long (DFL – Minneapolis). According to Long, HF 3464 addresses […]

By: Adam Majid, UpTake Fellow Minnesota’s House Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy gathered on March 4, 2022 at 10:30am to ratify amendments and hear testimony House Files 3464 and 1152. Each bill was co-authored by committee member Rep. Jaime Long (DFL – Minneapolis). According to Long, HF 3464 addresses […]

Over two dozen Iowans, many who rely on insulin to control their diabetes, gathered at the state capitol today to call for swift passage of House File

House File 263 would cap the price of insulin at $100 for a 31-day supply.

by Dustin Hite Now that we have passed our second funnel, our focus shifts since only the Appropriations and Ways & Means committees are meeting for the rest of this session. I sit on Ways & Means, so my focus has been on taxes and fees while others on Appropriations work to get a budget agreed upon with the Senate and the Governor. Therefore, I want to focus this week’s newsletter on what we have been doing in Ways. Iowa House Passes Business Property Tax Credit Simplification House File 8...

Very sad when something like this happens to any member of congress from either party, by the way, but he -- he did these -- these deeds. his instagram showed us the way. his house files showed us the way and his fdc files showed us the way and all of this was online. so for the first millennial to be in congress and the first millennial to resign from congress, technology did him in along with his actions. >> and robert shock said at a press congress that hes not the only member of congress to ...