by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 14, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa House has approved a bill that sets up a state school safety grant program and, if a companion bill becomes law, it could provide stipends to school staff who get a professional permit to carry a gun on school grounds. Representative Carter Nordman of Adel...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 29, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa House has approved a bill designed to give liability protection to schools that choose to let teachers or other staff volunteer to undergo training and carry a weapon to respond to a shooting. Representative Phil Thompson, a Republican from Boone, said the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 13, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that would have required state-issued serial numbers on so-called “ghost guns” has been permanently tabled in the Iowa House. At the end of a House subcommittee hearing this morning, Republican Representative Phil Thompson of Boone announced the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 12, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
In response to last month’s school shooting in Perry, Republicans in the Iowa House are proposing that Iowa school or college employees with professional gun permits be allowed to carry weapons on school grounds. Nathan Gibson, school board president of the...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jan 4, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was scheduled to have a campaign event in Perry about an hour after today’s shooting at Perry’s high school, so Ramaswamy said he prayed with the people who showed up and opened up a conversation about what...