GOP: Whitver Announces Committee Assignments
"After Iowans have validated our agenda by putting Senate Republicans into the supermajority for the first time in half a century, our caucus is ready to continue to deliver results for this state."…
Dems: Senate Democrats Select Leadership For 2023-24 Legislative Sessions
Democratic members of the Iowa Senate on Friday re-elected Sen. Zach Wahls as the Senate Democratic Leader. In addition to Wahls’ re-election, Democrats selected Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott as Democratic Whip, the No. 2 position [...]…
GOP: Whitver Announces Committee Chairs
"The first supermajority in the Iowa Senate in 5 decades is ready to deliver results for Iowans."…
GOP: Whitver Reelected Senate Majority Leader
Sinclair chosen as Senate President-select to help lead GOP supermajority…
Dems: Voting in the Iowa 2022 General Election!
A summary of how to vote–and how to help others vote–this fall in Iowa. Make sure you are correctly registered to vote. Are you registered to vote? Any Iowan can check their voter registration status [...]…
Dems: Inside the Iowa House – Thank You to Iowa Educators
THANK YOU TO IOWA EDUCATORS by House Democratic Leader Jennifer Konfrst It seems hard to believe the new school year is just around the corner. Teachers are heading back to get their classrooms ready and parents are gathering the school…
Dems: New Laws Starting July 1
New Laws Starting July 1 Many new laws will take effect on July 1, the start of the state’s new fiscal year. One hundred and fifty new laws were passed this legislative session and 120 of them went into effect…
Dems: 2022 session is a wrap
The Legislature adjourned for the year early Wednesday. While we some successes this year, thanks to Iowans speaking up, Republican politicians at the Statehouse have ignored real solutions to our state’s workforce crisis, instead treating workers as the enemy.…
GOP: Closing Remarks from Senate Majority Leader Whitver
"If there is one thing that I would tell Iowans about the 89th General Assembly…it is this: Republicans in the legislature have had your back. We made sure you kept more of what you earned. We made sure Iowans had…
Dems: Iowa has turned itself into the Cayman Islands of child sex predators
Statement by Stephen Mills, May 13, 2022 News Conference My name is Stephen Mills, and I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I want to take a moment to explain that term—“survivor”—just to be [...]…