Petersen Stepping Down As Iowa Senate Minority Leader

State Senator Janet Petersen, D-Des Moines, announced that she would not seek re-election as the Iowa Senate Minority Leader.

Anna Blaedel’s Partisan Prayer Before the Iowa Senate

Shane Vander Hart: Anne Blaedel seemed more interested in flowery speech and a progressive agenda praying before the Iowa Senate than asking God for wisdom, guidance, and protection.

Janet Petersen Promotes Effort to Ban Conversion Therapy in Iowa

Iowa Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen supports a ban on theraputic efforts to change a patient’s sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity.

Iowa Senate Passes Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban

The Iowa Senate voted to pass SF 2281, a bill that would ban abortions of pre-born babies when a heartbeat is detected, by a 30 to 20 vote late Wednesday afternoon.

Fetal Heartbeat Bill Advances in Iowa Senate

A bill, SSB 3143, that would ban abortions of pre-born babies when a heartbeat is detected passed through its subcommittee in the Iowa Senate on a 2 to 1 vote.

Life at Conception Bill Advances in the Iowa Senate

Senate File 253, a life at conception bill in the Iowa Senate, passes 2 to 1 in subcommittee and will advance to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Iowa Senate Votes to Defund Abortion Providers

The Iowa Senate passed SF 2, a bill that reallocates state taxpayer money away from abortion providers, by a party-line 30 to 20 vote.

Iowa Bill Defunding Abortion Providers Advances to Full Senate

The Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8 to 5 in favor of sending SF 2, a bill reallocating taxpayer money from abortion providers, to the full Senate.

Measure Defunding Abortion Providers Advances in the Iowa Senate

SF 2, a measure that defunds Iowa’s abortion providers of taxpayer money and reallocate to clinics that don’t provide abortion, advances in Iowa Senate.

A Wave of Pro-Life Bills Filed in the Iowa Senate

The Iowa Senate with its new GOP majority have six pro-life bills filed including bills defunding abortion providers and banning abortions at 20-weeks.

Branstad’s Private Blackberry

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s use of a private smartphone for reading news and his schedule is not equivalent to conducting state business on it.

Paulsen’s Gas Tax Hike Albatross

Speaker of the Iowa House Kraig Paulsen (R-Hiawatha) has much to explain to his caucus and Iowans for actions he took to push a gas tax increase on Iowans.

Iowa GOP Chair Launches Open Records Request of Senate Democrats

(Des Moines, IA) Former Iowa House Speaker Pro Tem, and current Iowa…

Let Iowa’s Schools Determine Their Own Start Date

Local control in education is under attack again in Iowa.  This time…

Iowa’s Late Term Abortion Ban (HF 5) Voted Out of House Government Oversight Committee

It’s kind of like watching sausage get made. The bill, HF 5,…

Late Term Abortion Ban (HF 5) Passes Out of Iowa House Subcommittee

HF 5, which would ban abortions after 20 weeks based on scientific…