Kim Reynolds says she hopes her criminal justice bill will bring people together but critics abound Stephen Gruber-Miller and Ian Richardson, Des Moines Register
Gov. Reynolds will introduce a bill to protect law enforcement and ban racial profiling
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The Republican governor s follow-up proposal, released on Tuesday, is not receiving that universal acclaim.
Republicans are enthusiastic about parts of the bill, including increased penalties for assaulting police officers and cutting off state funding for cities that cut their police budgets. Meanwhile, some Democrats and civil rights groups, which have pushed for adding a ban on racial profiling in state law, are dismayed to see that measure combined with beefed up criminal penalties and punishment for cities.
A bill under consideration by an Iowa Senate subcommittee would require school districts to notify parents of their student’s preferred pronoun.
Senate File 80 stipulates that if a student is asked by a school employee or in a school communication or survey to identify the pronoun by which they prefer to be called, they provide written notification of such action to the parent or guardian of the student at least one week before such action occurs. District 42 State Senator Jeff Reichman (R) isn’t clear at this point whether he supports the legislation, “Back in my day we had a movie in biology class that was ‘Where Do Babies Come From?’ And that was the extent of it, and I really think that schools need to stay out of this, any ‘identity’ I think is between the parent and the child, whatever it is, and they can notify the school, I don’t think it should be the other way around.”
St. Paul, Minn., Sep 19, 2018 / 04:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a column in The Catholic Spirit last week, Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Saint Paul and Minneapolis reflected on the light being shone on sins committed by members of the Church, and God’s ability to bring good out of evil.
“As the psalms teach us, we should not be afraid to acknowledge our deep feelings to God in prayer,” Bishop Cozzens wrote Sept. 13. “Acknowledging our feelings is the first step to bringing them into the light of God, so we can begin to see with his eyes. As we keep praying, we will begin to see how God is bringing good. We will receive from God his way of seeing.”
As Iowans have wrestled with unprecedented public health, workplace safety and economic hardship issues, they have looked to the government for assistance, protection and guidance. From the governorâs office to the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration, government officials have let Iowans down.
Reporting by TH reporter Allie Hinga published Dec. 6 shows Iowa OSHA officials failing to address complaints of imminent dangers regarding COVID-19 at meatpacking plants, health care facilities and nursing homes. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and other groups have filed a complaint with federal OSHA, stating that of 148 COVID-19-related complaints that had been filed with the state administration as of Oct. 4, just five resulted in an inspection.
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