by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 15, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The legislature has passed a bill requiring motorists in Iowa to yield not just to pedestrians in crosswalks, but to bicyclists, skateboarders and people on scooters or in wheelchairs. It expands current state law, which says drivers face criminal charges if they...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 14, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s gathered enough petition signatures to qualify for Iowa’s general election ballot due to turnout at a campaign rally in central Iowa. Iowa law gives independent presidential candidates the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 12, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The top Republican in the Iowa House says there needs to be more review of a bill designed to ensure Iowa men who were sexually abused by Boy Scout leaders decades ago get full payments from a national settlement. Iowa’s current time limit on suing perpetrators...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 12, 2024 | Crime & Courts, News
There was interest inside and outside the courtroom as the Iowa Supreme Court held oral arguments on the fetal heartbeat law. A group of people who back the law gathered in the parking lot of the Judicial Building at noon Thursday to pray and then entered the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 11, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that’s cleared the Iowa legislature would let churches and non-profit organizations that host bingo games as fundraisers offer a gun worth up to $5000 as a prize. The bill cleared the Senate almost unanimously in February without debate, but there was...