Iowa Senate Republicans Propose $91.7 Million in New K-12 Funding
Iowa Senate Republicans propose $91.7 million in new funding for K -12 education representing a total increase of more than $300 million since FY 2017.
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver updates committee assignments and leadership in response to State Sen. Randy Feenstra stepping down as Ways and Means chair.
Feenstra Steps Down as Iowa Senate Ways and Means Chair
State Sen. Randy Feenstra announced he would step down as the Iowa Senate Ways and Means Chair to focus more time on the Iowa 4th Congressional District race.
The Iowa Senate voted 32 to 17 along party lines to pass SF 237, a bill that reforms how members of Iowa’s judicial nomination commissions are selected.
The Iowa Senate budget of $7,619,300,000 is the same amount of funding allocated in FY 2019 and significantly less than what the House and Governor propose.
Episode 72: A Conversation with Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver
For the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart talks to Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver (R-Ankeny) about Senate Republicans’ legislative priorities in 2019.
Whitver, Schneider Re-Elected to Iowa Senate Leadership Roles
Iowa Senate Republicans reelected State Senator Jack Whitver (R-Ankeny) as Majority Leader and State Senator Charles Schneider (R-West Des Moines) as Senate President.
