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District 24 State Senator Jesse Green joins us for part one of our two part series as we check in with the activities happening in the Iowa Senate.

In this episode of ITR Live, Chris Hagenow and John Hendrickson unpack major developments from the Iowa Capitol, including the latest version of the property tax reform bill, the advancement of the two-thirds taxpayer protection amendment, and the political shockwave following Governor Kim Reynolds' announcement that she will not seek reelection in 2026.The conversation begins with a look at the latest legislative updates, including a revised property tax proposal that weakens the original 2% cap by adding an inflation factor and raises the homestead exemption. Chris and John discuss their concerns about the complexity of the changes and whether they truly provide tax relief for Iowans—especially given the absence of full data from the state.They then celebrate the Iowa Senate's passage of the two-thirds supermajority constitutional amendment to raise taxes, a longtime taxpayer protection goal. The amendment's path forward in the Iowa House is promising, and the hosts emphasize its importance for long-term fiscal restraint.The second half of the episode pivots to the 2026 open governor's race following Reynolds' announcement. Chris and John preview what will likely be a crowded Republican primary, mentioning potential candidates including Brenna Bird, Matt Whitaker, Ashley Hinson, Mike Naig, Bobby Kaufmann, Pat Grassley, and Bob Vander Plaats. On the Democratic side, Auditor Rob Sand appears to be consolidating early support.The hosts reflect on Governor Reynolds' legacy—from the flat tax and school choice to budget surpluses and COVID-era leadership—and frame the discussion around what Iowans should look for in the next governor: conviction, courage, electability, and a proven ability to deliver conservative results.

A bill heads to the Iowa Senate floor that would change the definition of bullying. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture met with Iowa agricultural leaders last night. And what's the impact of cuts of federal funding that supported food purchases at Iowa schools and food banks?

Today’s Peoples Bank Let’s Talk Indianola features State Senator Julian Garrett about Iowa Senate passing a bill regarding Medicaid work requirements.

00000195-d26c-df6f-ab95-d37d3e430000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2025-03-26/iowa-senate-republicans-approve-medicaid-work-requirementsJoseph LeahyIowa Senate Republicans approve Medicaid work requirements

00000195-b382-d6ad-a9dd-f3bbe8eb0000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2025-03-20/iowa-senate-passes-bill-to-ban-ranked-choice-votingJoseph LeahyIowa Senate passes bill to ban ranked choice voting

00000195-47a9-df66-a5d7-ffef41bc0000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2025-02-27/iowa-senate-and-house-to-votethis-week-on-removing-protections-for-transgender-peopleBrady JohnsonIowa Senate and House to vote this week on removing protections for transg

Delayed payments and layoffs are a couple of impacts of the federal freeze on certain USDA grants. A bill moving through the Iowa Senate would create guidelines for voluntary Bible classes in Iowa high schools. And there are unanswered questions about how the state would implement a bill that would require citizenship status on IDs.

Iowa Senate Minority Leader Sen. Janice Weiner (D - Iowa City), discusses the 2025 legislative session.

Freezing rain is expected in much of the state today. An attempt to stop casino development in the state for the next five years has been blocked by the Iowa Senate. And immigration advocates in northwest Iowa are trying to stop misinformation while also supporting migrants.

A bill advancing in the Iowa Senate would prohibit Iowa cities from maintaining citizen review boards of their police departments.

Bird flu was detected in an Iowa commercial poultry flock over the weekend. Caitlin Clark has retired her University of Iowa jersey. And it's legislative Monday! Will a casino license moratorium pass the Iowa Senate this week?

Iowa Senate President Sen. Amy Sinclair (R - Allerton) discusses the 2025 legislative session.

On Wednesday, January 29, a subcommittee of the the Iowa Senate Committee on State Government heard public testimony on our Article V application. A few heavy-hitters showed up to testify, including the Family Leader as a proponent and the AFL-CIO as an opponent. The subcommittee agreed to advance the bill to the full committee by a vote of 2-1. Senior Vice President Rita Peters, Mark Meckler, as well as Regional Directors Karen Schuster and Andrew Lusch provide a recap and instant reaction. COS LIVE

00000194-b205-de38-a1d4-f7a5f21e0000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2025-01-29/democrats-flip-iowa-senate-district-35-in-special-election-to-replace-republican-chris-cournoyerJoseph LeahyDemocrats Flip Iowa Senate District 35 in Special Election to Replace Repu

00000194-acdf-d154-a1f6-edff2d380000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2025-01-28/iowa-senate-district-35-voters-cast-ballots-in-special-election-to-replace-chris-cournoyerJoseph LeahyIowa Senate District 35 Voters Cast Ballots In Special Election To Replace

00000194-7462-d448-abbc-fff7b0950000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2025-01-17/early-voting-begins-in-special-election-for-iowa-senate-district-35Joseph LeahyEarly Voting Begins in Special Election for Iowa Senate District 35

Iowa District 24 Senator Jesse Green (R-Boone) gives us a preview of the 2025 Iowa Legislative Session.

00000193-2597-d5b7-aff7-e5f7556b0000https://www.wvik.org/podcast/good-morning-from-wvik-news/2024-11-13/iowa-senate-republican-re-elect-sen-whitver-as-majority-leaderJoseph LeahyIowa Senate Republican Re-elect Sen. Whitver As Majority Leader

Website: https://citizensforhanson.comProtect our kids from far left policies in Central Iowa!

Steve discusses the latest example of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' effective leadership and why he stands out in an age of feckless men. Then, Iowa Senate candidate Mike Pike joins the show to discuss why he's running for office and to encourage other men just like himself to do the same. In Hour Two, Idolatry or Not reacts to two clips from Tucker Carlson's interview with Elon Musk. Pop Culture Tuesday is a conversation about why the latest "Joker" movie bombed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Woodbury County residents are now able to apply for individual FEMA assistance. Testimonies have started in the trial of a northern Iowa man accused of fatally shooting a police officer. And Republican Doug Campbell has announced he will run for Iowa Senate seat 30 to replace Waylon Brown.

In this episode of The Energy Question, David Blackmon talks with Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn about the state of play related to this year's elections, along with national security and energy policy in the nation's capital. A sixth generation Iowan, Cong. Nunn was raised in a family of public school teachers, nurses, and farmers. While growing up, Zach helped out on his family's Century family farm raising sheep, poultry and growing row crop. He was raised on Des Moines' east side and went to Southeast Polk High School before attending Drake University. He went on to get master's degrees from the Air Command and Staff College and the University of Cambridge.Zach served our country for almost two decades in the United States Air Force. As an airborne intelligence officer, Zach flew recon missions off the coasts of Russia and China. After 9/11, he deployed three times to the Middle East and flew over 700 combat hours. He served as Director of Cybersecurity at the White House's National Security Council combating cyber-attacks from foreign adversaries. Zach currently serves as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.Following his active duty military service, Zach served in the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa Senate. While working in the state legislature, he helped pass the state's largest tax cuts three times over, growing Iowa's economy and putting more money back into the pockets of Iowans.  In Congress, Zach continues to be a pragmatic problem-solver pushing common-sense policies to benefit Iowans in all 21 counties he has the honor of representing. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee where he is bringing Iowa's big voice in the insurance industry and agricultural industry to our nation's capital. Nunn also serves on the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit subcommittee and the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural development subcommittee.  Zach is honored to call Bondurant his home and is happily married to wife Kelly and dad of six kids, two of which are adopted.Enjoy!Highlights of the Podcast00:30 - Congressman's Background and Greeting00:59 - Congressman's Roles and Responsibilities02:18 - Cybersecurity Threats and National Defense03:22 - Legislation and Bipartisan Support05:31 - Daily Briefing at the White House08:22 - Supply Chain and Critical Infrastructure10:40 - China's Influence and Rare Earth Minerals13:57 - Rare Earth Resource Discoveries14:43 - China's Market Manipulation16:38 - LNG Infrastructure and Russia20:08 - Iowa's Political Landscape23:10 - Impact of California and New York Residents Moving to Iowa

Iowa Senate Minority Leader Pam Jochum (D-Dubuque), discusses the 2024 legislative session, the upcoming election and her retirement after serving more than three decades in the Iowa House and Senate.

For decades, Iowa's education system has been designed to lead kids to very general, liberal arts degrees with little learning that could be applied directly to their future careers.  With the passage of Senate File 2411, a more comprehensive approach to Career and Technical Education creating clearer career paths in targeted industries like Advanced Manufacturing will become a reality. President of the Iowa Senate, Amy Sinclair, comes into the Iowa Manufacturing Studio with Leisa to explain the Workforce Opportunity Fund and changes to CTE Education certification and how this comprehensive plan will help Iowa's kids be more prepared for the workforce after graduation.  Allowing kids to work in the summer AND receive credits is a win-win situation for everyone involved.  Coupled with the changes to Iowa's Charter School legislation, technical training and exposure to needed technical roles will be far more strategic. Hear the full show: https://iowapodcast.com/amy-sinclair-work-based-learning-act   

In this episode of ITR Live, Chris and John take a look at the results from the June 4th primary elections in Iowa. At both the congressional level and state legislative level, there were closely-watched races that will have important implications not only for the general election, but looking ahead to the 2025 legislative session. In the U.S. House of Representatives races in Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks won the HD-1 Republican Primary with 56% of the vote, while Lanon Baccam won the HD-3 Democratic Primary with 84% of the vote. Randy Feenstra emerged as the winner in the HD-4 Republican Primary with 60% of the vote. In the Iowa Senate races, for SD-26, Kara Warme emerged as the winner with 55% of the vote, defeating Gannon Hendrick who received 45% of the vote. In SD-30, Waylon Brown triumphed over Doug Campbell with 53% of the vote. In SD-38, Dave Sires won a three-way primary with 59% of the vote. On the Iowa House side, in HD-7 Mike Sexton emerged as the winner in the Republican Primary with 51% of the vote. Samantha Fett was the winner in HD-22 with 56% of the vote. Sam Wengryn won HD-24 with 67% of the vote. Josh Meggers is on the way to reelection in HD-54 with 76% of the vote. Jane Bloomingdale won the Republican Primary for HD-60 with 61% of the vote.

Iowa Senate president Amy Sinclair (R-Allerton) discusses the 2024 legislative session.

While the Iowa Senate passed a bill that would ban motorists' handheld use of cell phones behind the wheel in 2023, it failed to advance in this year's session after the proposal was combined with legislation that would ban traffic enforcement cameras.

Tuesday's First Hour: Sam Clovis. Amy SInclair.

Iowa Senate doesn't extend pause on new casinos, opening door for C.R. to seek licenseHere's why half of Latino immigrants are chronically homeless in Johnson CountyBill Quinby, community builder and moral compass, dies at 92

No Labels has No Candidates and is No More | One Suit, Two Suit, Red Suit Defamation Suit Filed against Missouri Lawmakers | Wisconsin Voters Restrict Themselves | Iowa State Senate Favors Chemical Creators over Citizens | Missouri House Speaker Investigation Continues | Tennessee woman sues over abortion access | Kansas Newspaper Raid Investigation Wrapping UpSOURCES: The Missouri Independent, KMBC news, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Kansas Reflector, St Louis Post-Dispatch, and The GuardianSHOW NOTES3 Missouri State Senators Suedhttps://missouriindependent.com/2024/04/04/three-missouri-state-senators-sued-for-defamation-over-posts-about-chiefs-parade-shooting/https://www.kmbc.com/article/olathe-kansas-man-wrongly-identified-as-chiefs-parade-shooter-sues-3-missouri-lawmakers/60388311Three Missouri Republicans – including one running for statewide office – are being sued for defamation over social media posts incorrectly identifying a Kansas man as an undocumented immigrant and the shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory celebration.On Tuesday, Denton Loudermill of Olathe, Kansas, filed federal lawsuits against state Sens. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville, Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg and Nick Schroer of Defiance. Loudermill last week filed a similar complaint against U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee. The four lawsuits are almost identical in their allegations against, which involve the lawmakers using social media platforms to repost a photo of Loudermill in handcuffs shortly after the shooting. “The publication of the false representation that plaintiff was an ‘illegal alien' and a ‘shooter' was not made in good faith nor was it made by defendant with any legitimate interest in making or duty to make such assertions,” the lawsuit against Brattin states. Wisconsin Voters Vote To Limit Voting… No Seriouslyhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/wisconsin-amendments-harmful-voting-elections?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherWisconsin voters enshrined in the state constitution on Tuesday two amendments that election officials and voting rights advocates worry will hurt election administration in the state.The first bans election offices from accessing private grants – a source of revenue that election officials relied on in 2020 to run elections during the pandemic and have since used to stock voting equipment in polling places.During the 2020 elections, election offices across the country – already chronically underfunded – accessed grants from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a non-profit organization funded by Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO, and his wife, Priscilla Chan. The grants were doled out with the explicit purpose of funding Covid-19 mitigation in polling places, and election offices used the money for things like personal protective equipment and to set up drive-through, contactless voting. Iowa Senate Says “Suck It Up” to folks hurt by mega corporation chemicalshttps://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/04/02/iowa-senate-votes-to-limit-lawsuits-over-roundup-other-farm-and-lawn-chemicals/A bill that would partially shield the maker of a widely used agricultural and lawn herbicide from lawsuits over its health effects was adopted by the Iowa Senate on Tuesday.Senate File 2412 would protect Bayer against claims it failed to warn people about the potential health effects of Roundup so long as its product is labeled as required by federal regulators.The legislation would apply to all domestic producers of herbicides and pesticides, but eliminating the failure-to-warn claims is part of Bayer's public strategy to “manage and mitigate the risks of Roundup litigation,” according to its website.The company hopes the U.S. Supreme Court decides that the claims are overruled by federal law, which the company predicts “could largely end the Roundup litigation.” But a federal appeals court rejected that argument in February.Bayer says about 167,000 lawsuits have been filed by people who claim their exposure to Roundup caused ailments such as cancer, often non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The herbicide has been used to kill weeds for about four decades. The litigation has cost the company billions of dollars.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said Roundup's primary ingredient, glyphosate, is not likely to cause cancer in humans and that it poses no health risks “when used in accordance with its current label.” But in 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer determined glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”Missouri House Speaker Plocher, Now Candidate for Secretary of State, Narrows Focushttps://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/investigation-of-missouri-s-house-speaker-zeroes-in-on-lobbyist-aides-and-advisers/article_f77bc748-f203-11ee-8b90-d33ac8c58ed3.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterAn investigation of the leader of the Missouri House appears to be focused on his efforts to steer an $800,000 state contract to a software vendor.Meeting for the seventh time since launching a probe into House Speaker Dean Plocher, the House Ethics Committee was expected to take closed-door testimony Wednesday from a handful of aides and advisers.If Plocher appears, it would mark his second time before the bipartisan panel, which has hired an investigator to conduct interviews and help prepare a report outlining any findings.Among those on the schedule is Rod Jetton, whom Plocher hired as his chief of staff last year as the scandal was unfolding. Jetton told the Post-Dispatch Wednesday he was not sure what information the committee wanted from him. Tennessee Woman Sues State Over Abortion Restrictionshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/tennessee-abortion-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherJanuary 2023, whenever Kathryn Archer took her young daughter out to the local playground in Nashville, Tennessee, strangers often noticed her visibly pregnant stomach and wanted to make small talk.“When are you due?” they would ask Archer. “Do you know if you're having a boy or a girl?” “Oh, I bet your daughter's so excited to be a big sister.”Archer did not know how to tell them the truth: in early January, Archer's fetus had been diagnosed with several serious anomalies that made a miscarriage likely. If Archer did give birth, her baby could only be treated with surgeries and lifelong help – pain that Archer was unwilling to put a newborn through. Without those surgeries, which the infant might not survive, Archer's baby would die shortly after birth.But due to Tennessee's near-total abortion ban, Archer could not terminate her pregnancy in her home state and, instead, had to wait more than three weeks for an appointment at an out-of-state abortion clinic.“I don't want to confide in a stranger that I'm having to get an abortion because my baby can't survive outside of my womb and I can't get the care that I need as soon as I need it,” Archer recalled thinking. “Those three weeks were really bizarre, challenging, painful – beyond what it needed to be.”Investigation Into Marion Co. Raid That Killed Former Publisher in Kansas Is Winding Uphttps://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/02/colorado-authorities-wrapping-up-investigation-into-marion-police-who-raided-kansas-newspaper/The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is nearly finished with its inquiry into potential criminal activity surrounding the raid on the Marion County Record last year and will turn over findings to special prosecutors later this month, state authorities said Tuesday.The announcement comes a day after the Marion County Record filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking damages for alleged violations of civil rights.Melissa Underwood, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, said Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson and Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett would determine whether to file criminal charges against journalists, law enforcement officers or anyone else.  @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and ThreadsCo-HostsAdam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post)Rachel Parker @msraitchetp (Threads) Sean Diller (no social)The Heartland Collective - Sign Up Today!JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK!“Change The Conversation”Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/

No Labels has No Candidates and is No More | One Suit, Two Suit, Red Suit Defamation Suit Filed against Missouri Lawmakers | Wisconsin Voters Restrict Themselves | Iowa State Senate Favors Chemical Creators over Citizens | Missouri House Speaker Investigation Continues | Tennessee woman sues over abortion access | Kansas Newspaper Raid Investigation Wrapping UpSOURCES: The Missouri Independent, KMBC news, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Kansas Reflector, St Louis Post-Dispatch, and The GuardianSHOW NOTES3 Missouri State Senators Suedhttps://missouriindependent.com/2024/04/04/three-missouri-state-senators-sued-for-defamation-over-posts-about-chiefs-parade-shooting/https://www.kmbc.com/article/olathe-kansas-man-wrongly-identified-as-chiefs-parade-shooter-sues-3-missouri-lawmakers/60388311Three Missouri Republicans – including one running for statewide office – are being sued for defamation over social media posts incorrectly identifying a Kansas man as an undocumented immigrant and the shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory celebration.On Tuesday, Denton Loudermill of Olathe, Kansas, filed federal lawsuits against state Sens. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville, Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg and Nick Schroer of Defiance. Loudermill last week filed a similar complaint against U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee. The four lawsuits are almost identical in their allegations against, which involve the lawmakers using social media platforms to repost a photo of Loudermill in handcuffs shortly after the shooting. “The publication of the false representation that plaintiff was an ‘illegal alien' and a ‘shooter' was not made in good faith nor was it made by defendant with any legitimate interest in making or duty to make such assertions,” the lawsuit against Brattin states. Wisconsin Voters Vote To Limit Voting… No Seriouslyhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/wisconsin-amendments-harmful-voting-elections?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherWisconsin voters enshrined in the state constitution on Tuesday two amendments that election officials and voting rights advocates worry will hurt election administration in the state.The first bans election offices from accessing private grants – a source of revenue that election officials relied on in 2020 to run elections during the pandemic and have since used to stock voting equipment in polling places.During the 2020 elections, election offices across the country – already chronically underfunded – accessed grants from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a non-profit organization funded by Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO, and his wife, Priscilla Chan. The grants were doled out with the explicit purpose of funding Covid-19 mitigation in polling places, and election offices used the money for things like personal protective equipment and to set up drive-through, contactless voting. Iowa Senate Says “Suck It Up” to folks hurt by mega corporation chemicalshttps://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/04/02/iowa-senate-votes-to-limit-lawsuits-over-roundup-other-farm-and-lawn-chemicals/A bill that would partially shield the maker of a widely used agricultural and lawn herbicide from lawsuits over its health effects was adopted by the Iowa Senate on Tuesday.Senate File 2412 would protect Bayer against claims it failed to warn people about the potential health effects of Roundup so long as its product is labeled as required by federal regulators.The legislation would apply to all domestic producers of herbicides and pesticides, but eliminating the failure-to-warn claims is part of Bayer's public strategy to “manage and mitigate the risks of Roundup litigation,” according to its website.The company hopes the U.S. Supreme Court decides that the claims are overruled by federal law, which the company predicts “could largely end the Roundup litigation.” But a federal appeals court rejected that argument in February.Bayer says about 167,000 lawsuits have been filed by people who claim their exposure to Roundup caused ailments such as cancer, often non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The herbicide has been used to kill weeds for about four decades. The litigation has cost the company billions of dollars.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said Roundup's primary ingredient, glyphosate, is not likely to cause cancer in humans and that it poses no health risks “when used in accordance with its current label.” But in 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer determined glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”Missouri House Speaker Plocher, Now Candidate for Secretary of State, Narrows Focushttps://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/investigation-of-missouri-s-house-speaker-zeroes-in-on-lobbyist-aides-and-advisers/article_f77bc748-f203-11ee-8b90-d33ac8c58ed3.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterAn investigation of the leader of the Missouri House appears to be focused on his efforts to steer an $800,000 state contract to a software vendor.Meeting for the seventh time since launching a probe into House Speaker Dean Plocher, the House Ethics Committee was expected to take closed-door testimony Wednesday from a handful of aides and advisers.If Plocher appears, it would mark his second time before the bipartisan panel, which has hired an investigator to conduct interviews and help prepare a report outlining any findings.Among those on the schedule is Rod Jetton, whom Plocher hired as his chief of staff last year as the scandal was unfolding. Jetton told the Post-Dispatch Wednesday he was not sure what information the committee wanted from him. Tennessee Woman Sues State Over Abortion Restrictionshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/tennessee-abortion-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherJanuary 2023, whenever Kathryn Archer took her young daughter out to the local playground in Nashville, Tennessee, strangers often noticed her visibly pregnant stomach and wanted to make small talk.“When are you due?” they would ask Archer. “Do you know if you're having a boy or a girl?” “Oh, I bet your daughter's so excited to be a big sister.”Archer did not know how to tell them the truth: in early January, Archer's fetus had been diagnosed with several serious anomalies that made a miscarriage likely. If Archer did give birth, her baby could only be treated with surgeries and lifelong help – pain that Archer was unwilling to put a newborn through. Without those surgeries, which the infant might not survive, Archer's baby would die shortly after birth.But due to Tennessee's near-total abortion ban, Archer could not terminate her pregnancy in her home state and, instead, had to wait more than three weeks for an appointment at an out-of-state abortion clinic.“I don't want to confide in a stranger that I'm having to get an abortion because my baby can't survive outside of my womb and I can't get the care that I need as soon as I need it,” Archer recalled thinking. “Those three weeks were really bizarre, challenging, painful – beyond what it needed to be.”Investigation Into Marion Co. Raid That Killed Former Publisher in Kansas Is Winding Uphttps://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/02/colorado-authorities-wrapping-up-investigation-into-marion-police-who-raided-kansas-newspaper/The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is nearly finished with its inquiry into potential criminal activity surrounding the raid on the Marion County Record last year and will turn over findings to special prosecutors later this month, state authorities said Tuesday.The announcement comes a day after the Marion County Record filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking damages for alleged violations of civil rights.Melissa Underwood, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, said Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson and Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett would determine whether to file criminal charges against journalists, law enforcement officers or anyone else.  @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and ThreadsCo-HostsAdam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post)Rachel Parker @msraitchetp (Threads) Sean Diller (no social)The Heartland Collective - Sign Up Today!JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK!“Change The Conversation”Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/

The Iowa Senate has sent legislation to Gov. Kim Reynolds overhauling the state's Area Education Agencies. The House has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds vote by lawmakers to raise some taxes. And, Davenport has ordered a downtown apartment building vacated over structural concerns.

Part 1:We speak with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Ca).We discuss the Biden and Netanyahu conversations, and what pressures Biden should bring to bear on Netanyahu.Biden has been extremely successful domestically, though voters seem not to be aware. Anxiety still plagues voters, despite improvements. "Biden is building a cathedral, while people struggle day-to-day"Part 2:We speak with Laura Belin, of Bleeding Heartland, and Iowa journalist and chronicler of status.We talk about abortion in Iowa, still legal (up to 20 weeks) because of a stay on an anti-abortion statute. New bills proposed by the Republicans strive to define a fertilized egg as a person. The Iowa Senate and House do not agree. There are IVF implications.Currently, Iowa funds crisis pregnancy centers.The AEA (Area Education Agencies) in Iowa are under attack by the governor, who wants to replace the services with a fee-for-service model. Is this another for-profit scheme by the 'service providers'? WNHNFM.ORG   production

Political experts analyze the latest headlines, including the elimination of gender balance requirements for boards and commissions that passed the Iowa Senate, an Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and more.

The Iowa Senate has approved a bill from Gov. Kim Reynolds extending postpartum Medicaid coverage, while reducing the number of women who'd qualify for it. Lawmakers are also moving ahead on the governor's proposed tax changes, though they plan to break the proposal into separate bills. And a turkey processing plant in eastern Iowa says it will cut about one-fourth of its workforce this year.

Iowa Senate Minority Leader Pam Jochum (D-Dubuque), discusses the 2024 legislative session, Democratic senators' priorities and other political news.

On February 7, 2024, the Iowa House State Affairs Committee voted to advance the Convention of States Action resolution to the full Iowa House for debate. This Article V resolution has been adopted by 19 other states, allowing for amendment proposals on three topics: term limits, fiscal restraints, and limits on federal jurisdiction. If passed by the House, this Article V resolution would need to also be adopted by the Iowa Senate in order to achieve final passage.

Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver (R) discusses the 2024 legislative session, Republican senators' priorities and other political news.

Under a bill advancing in the Iowa Senate, medical providers could refuse to refer patients to any health service that violates their ethical, moral or religious beliefs. Senators are considering requiring a parent's permission for a minor to be vaccinated against sexually transmitted infections. And there's a bill working its way through the Statehouse that would require public school students to sing the national anthem.

Republican Statehouse leaders say they're not sure if lawmakers will take action against future Satanic displays in the Iowa Capitol. A Dubuque native who's been in the Iowa legislature since 1993 has a new role in the Iowa Senate, but she hasn't decided whether to seek reelection in 2024. Plus, a new report on social media use among teens shows there are both mental health harms and benefits that can come from it.

See JL Cauvin and I co Headlining City Winery In Pittsburgh PA on Oct 11 Spend Money on Kevin's Honey!  Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Zach Wahls was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018. He was elected to his second term in 2022, representing Senate District 43, which includes Coralville, North Liberty, Solon, part of western Iowa City, and rural northeast Johnson County. Zach on Twitter  Zach on Tik Tok Zach ran for the Iowa Senate to give all Iowans a voice. Growing up in a non-traditional family, he learned early in life what it felt like to be left out, and he remembers how hard families like his had to fight to get a seat at the table. Prior to his election, Zach worked primarily as an advocate in the LGBTQ civil rights movement following his 2011 testimony before the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in defense of marriage equality and his “two mom” family. In this capacity, he wrote extensively about his family's experience, including a best-selling book, and has spoken to hundreds of audiences, including a prime-time speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.  An Eagle Scout, Zach co-founded and led Scouts for Equality, which successfully executed a national campaign to end discrimination against LGBTQ people in the Boy Scouts of America. Outside of the Legislature, Zach serves as the Vice President for Community Investment and Development at GreenState Credit Union, Iowa's largest financial cooperative. He also owns and operates a small business with his sister, selling custom-made playing cards, and he is a co-owner of his family tree farm in northeast Iowa. Zach completed his Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs in 2018 and his Bachelors from the University of Iowa in 2014. He married his wife, Dr. Chloe Angyal, in 2021, and they live with their dog, Zelda, in Coralville.   Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe

This week, Iowa Senate President Amy Sinclair joins Students Over Systems to discuss the whirlwind passage and implementation of the state’s new universal education savings account (ESA) program. Iowa’s state legislators set an example that many states followed this year by funding students, rather than systems. We discuss Senator Sinclair’s support for education freedom, the […]

Democrats in the Iowa Senate voted to replace have removed the lawmaker who's been their leader for two and a half years and selected a veteran legislator to be Senate Minority Leader. A Davenport woman who was rescued from the wreckage of the collapsed apartment building is suing the owner and others for negligence. Meanwhile, Gov. Kim Reynolds says Iowa doesn't have the resources on its own to manage the fallout from the partially collapsed building in Davenport, so Reynolds is looking for help from President Biden.

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis traded criticisms during their campaign events in early primary states on June 1. Trump visited the Des Moines area in Iowa, with four events in one day, including a Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity. Meanwhile, DeSantis had just wrapped up his visit to the state and moved on to New Hampshire. The U.S. Senate voted to overturn President Joe Biden's student debt transfer program, rebuking his efforts to bypass Congress and cancel the debt of certain student loan recipients. Meanwhile, the president took a tumble after handing out diplomas at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement in Colorado. The White House said he is fine. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

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Parents are increasingly losing ownership of the right to their child's education. Americans saw the effects from widespread school closures over Covid (nearly two decades of educational progress wiped out), and continue to see educational systems that promote partisan agendas, all leaving parents little recourse to choose where and how their child is educated. Not to mention, the Nation's Report Card statistics released for 2022, which showed record low reading and math scores, with minority and lower-economic students faring the worst. What are parents to do, especially those who cannot afford to send their children to private, parochial, or otherwise quality places for education? Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa recently passed one of the most sweeping school choice laws in the country to answer this very question. Her school choice bill gives every student in the state of Iowa an educational savings account of approximately $7,600 in per-pupil funding to facilitate placement in private schools. And no, it does not take resources away from public schools – it actually saves them money. No, this does not degrade the public school education quality, but rather fosters the competition we know to be necessary to help any establishment realize potential. And most importantly, it gives educational choice back to the parents of these students.Governor Kim Reynolds is the 43rd governor of Iowa, with the distinction of being the first woman elected to the state's highest office. Previously, she was a Clark County treasurer before she was elected to the Iowa Senate. She was the running mate and lieutenant governor to Terry Branstad.Download the transcript here.