754 additional COVID-19 cases were reported over the last 24 hours. There were 20 additional deaths for a total of 578 COVID deaths. Today was the first day in seven weeks that Test Iowa has finally reached the promised 5,000 tests a day. A COVID-19 related helpline has been launched by the Office of Latino Affairs, [...]
Des Moines, Iowa – State Representative Ras Smith and other Iowa lawmakers joined a coalition of Iowa community leaders today to unveil the More Perfect Union plan, which is aimed at preventing violent conflicts between law enforcement and Iowa residents. “George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, but it could have easily been a man in Mason [...]
Another 320 COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday. There were 16 additional deaths for a total of 574 COVID deaths. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Iowa have now surpassed 20,000. Legislators headed back at Capitol today to finish 2020 Session with #COVID-19 recovery being our top priority. Democratic lawmakers plan to work together to [...]
Another 264 COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday. Sadly, there were 20 additional deaths, for a total of 558 deaths since COVID began. There are currently 327 Iowans still being hospitalized. Polk County continues to have the largest number of positive cases with 4,340. Woodbury County has the next highest at 2,785 and Black Hawk County [...]
Keeping Iowans Healthy o Access to affordable health care, including mental health o Ensure universal access to COVID testing, contact tracing and PPE in all 99 counties o Keep hospitals and local health care clinics open o Free coronavirus vaccine once available o Support mitigation efforts by cities, counties and emergency [...]
Another 204 COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday and there were 5 additional deaths. Over the last 48 hours there have been a total of almost 900 more cases of COVID, and 18 more deaths. As legislators head back to the statehouse to finish the 2020 Legislative Session, Democratic lawmakers outlined their COVID-19 recovery plan this [...]
“It’s time for all people of conscience to stand together and condemn the hate and racism so prevalent in our society today. The murder of George Floyd and other instances of hate and racism are insulting and shocking to our values of equality, liberty and freedom for all people. While we don’t condone the riots and [...]
