Issues | Iowa Senate Democrats

Republican Senators reject proposal to ensure students don’t pay price for harassment judgment

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Fiscal responsibility, Issues, News releases, Official

All 29 Republican State Senators today rejected a proposal to ensure that community college students aren’t on the hook for a sexual harassment judgment against Republican Senators and staff.

Restoring rights to working Iowans

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Post includes video, Working families

Senator Nate Boulton, ranking member of the Labor & Business Committee, introduced two workers’ rights bills. SF 2185 would allow injured Iowa employees to choose their own doctors. SF 2186 restores the collective bargaining rights abruptly taken away from several hundred thousand Iowa workers last year.

Livestream on Wednesday – More changes to Iowa Medicaid

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, Official

At 3 PM tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, Michael Randol, director of the state’s Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, will answer questions from members of the Senate Human Resources Committee. Director Randol previously was the state Medicaid Director for Kansas. If you are able to attend, the meeting will take place in Room 22 ...

Comprehensive water solutions bill

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Energy & Enviroment, Issues, News releases, Official

State Senator Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids has introduced comprehensive water solutions legislation that would, if enacted, provide a 15-year framework to clean up Iowa’s water and safeguard against flood and drought damage across the state.

Boulton: Here’s how to provide all working Iowans with paid family leave

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Working families

Senate File 2133 would provide 12 weeks of paid family leave for working Iowa families. The leave would be available when Iowans must care for a family member with a serious health condition or to bond with a newborn, adopted, or foster child. The bill also provides for paid medical leave for a personal serious health condition.

Lawmakers Unveil “Putting Iowans First” Plan

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Education, Issues, Jobs & Economy, News releases, Official, Quality of life, Working families

Democratic lawmakers outlined their new plan today called Putting Iowans First. The plan was developed by lawmakers to keep the 2018 session focused on improving the lives of everyday Iowans with better-paying jobs, revitalized small towns and rural communities, the best education in the country and a great quality of life.

Two ideas to help more Iowans save for retirement

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Working families

All workers deserve economic security. ThE new economy is an on-demand economy, a gig economy. Gig economy workers could work in the technology field or maybe they are drivers for companies like Lyft and Uber. These workers do not have access to benefits when they get hurt on the job, healthcare or even retirement savings.

Perpetrators must pay for bad behavior – not Iowa taxpayers

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

A group of Senators introduced legislation today to ensure that state employees – not all Iowa taxpayers – would be financially responsible for egregious and illegal workplace behavior.

Water quality deserves a REAL solution

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Energy & Enviroment, Fiscal responsibility, Issues, News releases, Official

Water quality is a real problem that deserves a real solution. SF 512 fails to ensure accountability through monitoring to measure whether the state is achieving the goal of cleaner water and healthier soils.

Senators introduce bill to end privatized Medicaid

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, Official

All 20 Democrats and the one Independent in the Iowa Senate have introduced SF 2058, a bill to end privatized Medicaid and put Iowans back in control of a state-run system that provides affordable health care to more than 560,000 citizens.

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