Thankfully Trump’s Republican right wing coup failed but the perpetrator Trump remains unpunished. With a huge percentage of Republicans still believing that
Iowa Legislature representatives Sue Cahill (D-Marshalltown), Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and Sen. Jeff Edler (R-State Center) took questions from the public in a v
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A “No Smoking” sign directs Heinz Hall residents where smoking is allowed on the facility’s west side at the Iowa Veterans Home.
A bill calling for smoking to be allowed by all residents at the Iowa Veterans Home is being recommended by the Veterans Affairs subcommittee in the Iowa Senate.
Senate Study Bill 1080 passed the subcommittee with a 2-1 vote. Sen. Jeff Edler, R-State Center, serves on the subcommittee.
The bill states “The commission shall adopt rules relating to smoking applicable to members of the home.”
This would include making reasonable accommodations for smoking such as designated areas where residents can smoke.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday requiring all schools to provide a 100-percent in-person learning option but it isn’t the only piece of legisl
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Senate advances governor’s ‘Student First’ scholarships for private schooling
The Iowa Senate has approved Republican Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to give the parents of a few hundred K-12 students state scholarships to attend a private school.
Republican Senator Amy Sinclair of Allerton said the eligible students are attending 34 public school buildings flagged for failing federal standards.
“Thirty-four schools that have gotten so bad that they need federal assistance to try and improve,” Sinclair said. “…We don’t have time to study it. These children are not being educated.”
All the Democrats in the Senate opposed the bill.