WEEKLY BILL TRACKING Thurs. Feb 12 – Wed. Feb 18, 2015 HOUSE DEMOCRATIC RESEARCH STAFF Commerce HF 167 Electronic Documents Available for Competitive Bids for Public Improvement Contracts. Prohibits governmental entities from charging a fee to obtain electronic or digital documents made available for public improvement contracts. (passed House 99-0) to Senate HF 308 Private Employer [...]
January 29-February 4, 2015 WEEKLY BILL TRACKING HOUSE DEMOCRATIC RESEARCH STAFF Administration and Rules HR 4 House Rules. These are the rules that govern legislative business in the House of Representatives. The rules are the same as last year. An amendment was considered to change rule 29 moving the date for individual bill requests back to [...]
Below is a list of the forums for House Democratic House members for the week of February 2nd-6th. https://iowahouse.org/pdf/2.4.15%20Iowa%20House%20Forums.pdf
Thousands of hard-working families may not realize they are eligible for a refundable tax credit when they file their 2014 federal and state income taxes this spring. As Iowans begin to work on their taxes, eligible families that meet certain income requirements could receive a refund up to $6,143 from their federal taxes and up to [...]
Art Staed hails from Joplin, Missouri, one of 11 kids. He graduated from McAuley Regional Catholic High School, earned his college degree at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, a Master’s degree in Secondary Education at The University of Missouri at K.C. and a second Master’s in Secondary Administration from East Central University of Oklahoma. Art's passion [...]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resource is seeking public input on proposed new rules on the Clean Water Act’s requirements for animal feeding operations. Input is being requested related to the following issues: 1. Defining the conditions that could lead to an illegal manure spill. 2. Identifying the risk factors that the DNR should consider when [...]
The Iowa Arts Council, or IAC, is accepting applications for its Artist Fellowship Program and multiple grant programs until May 1, 2014. Applications can be submitted via IAC's SlideRoom, an online application portal, at www.iowaartscouncil.slideroom.com. For more information, please call 515-281-5111. The list of programs that have this May 1 deadline are as follows: Artist Fellowship [...]
