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News Conference: Iowans demand fix to state’s mobile home laws

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

Struggling mobile home residents held a news conference with Senators Zach Wahls and Kevin Kinney on ways to fix Iowa’s broken mobile home laws.

KCCI on Waukee park’s planned 69% rent increase

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

Cynthia Fodor of KCCI News on Iowa legislators’ efforts to combat the sudden spike in mobile home park rents facing Iowans throughout the state.

John Oliver tackles the mobile home park crisis

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

Mobile homes may seem like an affordable housing option, but large investment companies are making them less and less so. On HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver takes a deep dive into the problem.

Senate Dem Leader on Reynolds signing extreme abortion restrictions

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Post includes video

In the past two years, Governor Reynolds and other the Republican-controlled Legislature have made our state more dangerous for Iowa women. Instead of improving health care access for women, Governor Reynolds and the Republican-controlled Legislature have pushed through policies that put more women at risk.

What’s it like to be a Senate page?

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Official, Post includes video

“I have always been interested in politics, so I was thrilled when I discovered there is a way to get involved at a young age. I believe that it’s important to gain real-world experience in a career field before deciding to go into it…. I hoped being a page would help me figure out if politics is where I should be headed.” –Tali Tesar of Clear Lake

Iowa Senators stand up for Iowa farmers and Iowa’s economy

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Ag & Farming, Blog, Fiscal responsibility, Issues, News releases, Official, Post includes video, Working families

Twenty-one Iowa State Senators are asking President Donald Trump to protect Iowa farmers, businesses and communities as he makes trade policy changes.

Iowa tax bill needs closer look

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Fiscal responsibility, Issues, Official, Post includes video, Transparency & accountability, Working families

Last week, Republicans who control the Iowa Senate came out with a 130-page, $1 billion tax plan. Much like what happens in Washington D.C., we’ve seen no spreadsheets to give us a sense of the financial impact the proposal will have on Iowans and our state. In addition, most Iowans ...

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.

2018 session poses threat to Iowa retirees

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

“IPERS and Iowa’s other public pension plans are secure, strong, and sustainable. Some current legislative proposals to change IPERS could break the promise we have made to hard working Iowans since 1953,” said Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald.

Nov 7th Livestream: Reynolds Admin to defend “the nation’s worst state Medicaid privatization effort”

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

Statement by Senator Joe Bolkcom, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Medicaid Assistance Advisory Council “On Tuesday, November 7, Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven will have the unenviable job of defending the nation’s worse state Medicaid privatization effort. (The meeting will be ...

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