A bill that addresses Gov. Kim Reynolds $450 million plan to expand high-speed internet statewide by 2025 was heard by the Senate Commerce Subcommittee this we
DES MOINES - Just more than two weeks into the 2021 legislative session, statehouse Democrats are asking majority Republicans for the whereabouts of legislation to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Montgomery: Officials said Tuesday that the state will see a slight increase, about 16%, in COVID-19 vaccine doses coming in federal shipments, but the ongoing shortage remains the chief obstacle to getting more people inoculated. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is boosting deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks to increase vaccinations. “I’m pleased that Alabama will receive a slight increase in our vaccine supply. Any margin of increase is appreciated, but we have a long way to go to be able to provide them to any Alabamian who wants one,” Gov. Kay Ivey said Tuesday. State Health Officer Scott Harris said Alabama will receive an additional 10,000 first doses in its upcoming delivery. The state had been receiving about 50,000 to 60,000 first doses each week but will s
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Political ideology would join race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected classes in the Iowa Civil Rights Act if a Republican proposal in the Iowa Legislature were to become law.
The bill s Republican supporters claim protecting political ideology is necessary to push back against cancel culture, which they said has resulted in supporters of former President Donald Trump and others being targeted. I advanced this proposal because increasingly the cancel culture, social media giants, big tech and others seem determined to silence and destroy those who do not agree with their philosophy, said Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, the bill s sponsor and chair of the House Judiciary Committee.