How the Iowa House passed the civil rights bill in 2007
Former House Speaker Pat Murphy reflects on the effort to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to Iowa's Civil Rights Act.
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Former House Speaker Pat Murphy reflects on the effort to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to Iowa's Civil Rights Act.
When Democratic lawmakers sought to extend civil rights protections to LGBTQ Iowans, they had to cut a deal with the top House Republican.
Iowa Democratic Party leaders returned last week from St. Louis where the fate of the Iowa Caucuses’ first-in-the-nation status was determined. Iowa Democrati
"We need to be honest: The party lost, rural America lost, and the nation lost" when Iowa Democrats gave up the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Herb Strentz reviews the disappointing work of the state board created to enforce Iowa's open meetings and records laws.