News releases | Iowa Senate Democrats

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.

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.

Mason City listening post set for Feb. 3

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

State Senator Amanda Ragan and State Representative Sharon Steckman will hold a legislative listening post this Saturday, February 3. The meeting will take place from 10 AM to 11:30 AM in the Mason City room at the Mason City Public Library, 225 2nd St. SE, Mason City.

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.

Ragan & Steckman to hold Mason City listening post

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · News releases, Official

State Senator Amanda Ragan and State Representative Sharon Steckman will hold a legislative listening post this Saturday, January 20. The meeting will take place from 10 AM to 11:30 AM at the Mason City Public Library, 225 2nd St. SE, Mason City.

We agree ‘urgent action’ needed to stop ‘additional inappropriate behavior’

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

Little has changed in the Iowa Senate more than four years since Kirsten Anderson was fired after filing a complaint about the toxic work environment. As Ambassador Kramer wrote in her report: ‘As of now, there is nothing that has changed to prevent additional inappropriate behavior and ensuing problems.’

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