State Representative Jim Lykam’s win in the Iowa Senate District 45 special election requires a special election to fill his seat in Iowa House District 89 on January 31, 2017.
Shane Vander Hart shares his wish list for the new Republican Iowa Legislature when they are sworn in and gavel in for a new session this upcoming January.
Vander Linden Named as Iowa House Ways and Means Committee Chair
Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) named State Representative Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Iowa House Debates and Deflates Cannibis Oil Expansion
The Iowa House debated and defeated a measure that would have expanded Iowa’s current Cannibis Oil law to include additional diseases and medical conditions.
Sandy Salmon: Iowa Taxpayer Money Should Go Towards Life, Not Death
State Representative Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville) explained during floor debate in the Iowa House why abortion clinics should be defunded of taxpayer money.
Kelvey Vander Hart: Iowans need to put pressure on Iowa Senate Democrats to remove taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
The Iowa Legislature Delays Smarter Balanced Assessments
Both the Iowa House and Iowa Senate versions of an education appropriations bill includes a delay of the Smarter Balanced Assessments until July 1, 2017.
The Iowa House voted 56 to 42 on the appropriations bill for Health and Human Services, that included provisions to remove funding for abortion providers.
Is There Really a Wage Disparity Between Men and Women?
Kelvey Vander Hart: Do not simply choke down a lie that claims women are oppressed and unequal in the workforce based on broad and misleading statistics.