Thursday September 2nd 2010

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Governor Signs Texting While Driving Ban

Governor Signs Texting While Driving Ban

Iowa Governor Chet Culver Thursday signed a ban on text messaging while driving that was co-authored by State Representative Curt Hanson of Fairfield. “After teaching students about responsibility and respect on our roadways for over 40 years, I’m proud that our plan to [Read More]

Bill Tracking: Week 6

Bill Tracking: Week 6

(Thursday, February 11 to Wednesday, February 17) Agriculture HF 2273 Drainage Districts Bid Thresholds and Security Requirements. Increases the bid threshold for a drainage improvement from $15,000 to $20,000 to reflect the increased cost of doing business. Also, when a [Read More]

Rebuild Iowa Day at the Capitol

Rebuild Iowa Day at the Capitol

      Today was Rebuild Iowa Day at the Capitol where people from across the state highlighted recovery efforts and representatives from disaster-affected communities provided recovery information.       This event was sponsored by Iowa’s Rebuild Iowa Office [Read More]

Statehouse News – June 12, 2009

Statehouse News – June 12, 2009

The June 12th edition of the House Democratic “Statehouse News” is available for download: http://iowahouse.org/statehouse-news/         [Read More]

Statehouse News – May 28, 2009

Statehouse News – May 28, 2009

http://www.iowahouse.org/StateHouseNews2009/Statehouse%20News%20Publisher5-28.pdf         [Read More]

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Iowa Noted for Low Unemployment Rate

Iowa Noted for Low Unemployment Rate

Yahoo Finance recently released the top ten states with low unemployment rates. Iowa showed up at number 10 on that [Read More]

Curt Hanson Day

Curt Hanson Day

One year ago today, House Democrats and Curt Hanson won a surprise victory against the House Republicans and Stephen [Read More]

‘Iowans Helping Iowans’ Program Offered State’s Flood Victims

‘Iowans Helping Iowans’ Program Offered State’s Flood Victims

A new “Iowans Helping Iowans” flood assistance program was rolled out today. The program is meant to help families [Read More]

Iowa ACT Scores #2 in the Nation

Iowa ACT Scores #2 in the Nation

Once again Iowa’s graduating high school students ranked number two in the nation after the state of Minnesota. [Read More]

Des Moines Ranked 7th Best City for the Next Decade

Des Moines Ranked 7th Best City for the Next Decade

Kiplinger Magazine named Des Moines seventh in the 10 Best Cities for the Next Decade. Des Moines was touted for [Read More]