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Democratic lawmakers tour Anamosa prison were 2 employees were killed
Anamosa Prison. (KCRG TV photo)
Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Democrats in the Iowa legislature are calling for a federal investigation of the murders of two employees at the state prison in Anamosa.
Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls and other Democratic lawmakers toured the facility and met with the prison’s acting warden today.
“Over and over and over we were shown areas of the prison where you had a huge potential number of inmates just vastly outnumbering the number of staff who were there in any individual area,” Wahls said during a news conference outside the prison.
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Auditor Sand weighing reelection bid, run for governor, U.S. Senate
Rob Sand on Iowa Press.
State Auditor Rob Sand says he hasn’t made a decision about the 2022 campaign. Sand, a Democrat, won a four-year term as state auditor in 2018 in his first race for elected office.
“Looking at reelection, potentially running for governor, maybe running for U.S. Senate,” Sand said when asked today about his plans for 2022.
Last fall, Sand questioned the $21 million in federal pandemic relief funds Republican Governor Kim Reynolds spent on new computer software for some state agencies the state legislature this year provided state funds instead for the purchase.
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Legislation to restrict the teaching about systemic racism in Iowa public schools died before it could reach the governor, but state lawmakers have since passed a new law that restricts early voting, and are pushing ahead during a busy session with legislation to loosen gun control and fund charter schools. Grinnell’s state Representative Dave Maxwell explained his role in the legislature and his views on controversial legislation at a virtual March 6 event hosted by Grinnell’s League of Women Voters.
Grinnell’s newly elected state Senator Dawn Driscoll did not attend the event because of a family emergency, according to Marta Miller of the League of Women Voters, who moderated the event. Driscoll and Maxwell were part of a wave of Republican victories last November which resulted in majorities in both the state House (59 of 100 seats) and state Senate (32 of 50 seats). Republicans also hold the governorship, meaning they have total control over Iowa’s