Dems: Sen. Janice Weiner Responds to Boards & Commissions Review Committee Meeting

Iowa state Sen. Janice Weiner released the following statement regarding the Boards & Commissions Review Committee meeting on Wednesday taking public comment on proposed board and commission mergers and eliminations. “Today we heard from dozens...

Dems: Confirmed: Iowa Child Labor Expansion Violates Federal Law

The child-labor expansion bill passed by Iowa Republican politicians earlier this year and now written into Iowa Code violates federal law, putting young Iowans at risk in dangerous jobs and creating confusing, contradictory rules for...

Dems: As Iowa Kids Head Back to School, Iowa Taxpayers Deserve Answers on Private-School Voucher Scheme

As nearly five hundred thousand Iowa K-12 students head back to school this week, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education still owe parents and taxpayers answers to critical questions about their private-school...

Dems: Senators Demand Answers from Attorney General Brenna Bird on Endless Victims Services Audit

Iowa state Sens. Janet Petersen, Herman Quirmbach, Todd Taylor, and Janice Weiner sent a letter to Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Thursday demanding answers on a stalled “audit” of the state’s victims’ services program,...

Dems: Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Pam Jochum Responds to Abortion Ban Injunction

“The six-week abortion ban rammed through the legislature last week is an unconstitutional and dangerous attack on Iowa women,” Senate Democratic Leader Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque, said. “I’m relieved that the district court block this law,...