The Iowa Legislative Council has agreed to let Iowa soldiers who are deployed overseas vote electronically in seven special elections scheduled next Tuesday -- a step required by a new law forcing the secretary of state to get the legislative branch's permission for some election-related … [Read more...]
Governor approves data confirmation change for absentee ballot requests
Governor Kim Reynolds has taken action on all the bills that cleared the 2020 legislative session -- and she approved changes in how county election officials verify the identity of Iowans asking to vote with an absentee ballot. Republican lawmakers say they want to prevent absentee ballot abuse. … [Read more...]
Judge temporarily blocks 24-hour waiting period for abortions
A district court judge has temporarily blocked a new abortion restriction Governor Reynolds approved Monday from going into effect tomorrow. The law that's on hold would require women to attend an additional appointment at least 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy. "I believe in this piece of … [Read more...]
Senator Grassley tweets on Fox News, president’s reelection issues
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley's recent tweets accuse Fox News of failing President Trump and recommend someone in the Oval Office read a Wall Street Journal editorial to Trump, which suggests why he may lose in November. One media outlet calls the tweets a call for an "intervention" at the White … [Read more...]
EPA consideration of oil refinery waivers key topic in Ernst-Greenfield race
Republican Senator Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield are both criticizing the EPA administrator's handling of federal ethanol policy -- and each questions the other's commitment to promoting the corn-based fuel. Greenfield said Ernst never should have voted to confirm a … [Read more...]
Groups sue, trying to block 24-hour waiting period for abortion
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union are filing a lawsuit, seeking to block a 24-hour abortion waiting period from being enforced in Iowa. The legislature introduced and passed the bill in the final hours of the 2020 session. The lawsuit targets the policy itself and the way … [Read more...]
Iowa regulator hired as Denver-based VP for Black Hills Energy
A member of the Iowa Utilities Board is resigning to take a job with an energy company that operates in Iowa and seven other states. Nick Wagner has been a state utility regulator since 2013. He's leaving in July to work in Denver for Black Hills Energy and will be the company's VP for Colorado … [Read more...]
Senator Grassley speaks out against destruction of statues
Protesters in Washington D.C. tried unsuccessfully last night to topple a statue near the White House of Andrew Jackson. The seventh president who founded the Democratic Party was a soldier, a statesman, and a slaveholder. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley gave a floor speech earlier Monday saying, … [Read more...]
Ernst challenges Greenfield to six debates before November 3
Republican Senator Joni Ernst posted a short video online this (Monday) morning, challenging Democratic opponent Theresa Greenfield to half a dozen debates before the General Election. "You know, I haven't heard Theresa Greenfield say one thing that Chuck Schumer hasn't told her to say and that's … [Read more...]
Senator Ernst urges peers to close law enforcement consent loophole
Republican Senator Joni Ernst is pressing her GOP colleagues to make it a crime for federal agents to engage in a sex act with a person in their custody. Federal judges, prosecutors and probation officers would also be barred from sexual contact with a defendant. That kind of activity is already … [Read more...]