Iowa Senate picks Whiter as majority leader and Schneider as president
The newly selected Iowa Senate Republican leadership team includes Jack Whitver of Ankeny as majority leader and Charles Schneider of West Des Moines as president. They vow to cut taxes, balance the budget, and pursue conservative reforms. Whitver, 37, has been the chamber’s presiding officer since January 2017.
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the Gazette
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Whitter Chosen to Lead 28 Member Senate GOP Majority
Governor will call a special election. Tam Whitter said the caucus confidence honors his leadership plan and keeping the same agenda as the last year and a half. He was selected in a closed caucus to guide the 28 member Senate GOP majority. He aims to keep the caucus strong and work with members. Senate leadership change follows Monday’s surprise developments.
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Biographies of Iowa Senate Leaders Jack Whitwer and Charles Schneider
Jack Whitwer 37 from Ankeny is a lawyer in estate planning and business law elected to the Iowa Senate in a 2011 special election and chosen as Senate president in 2016. Charles Schneider 44 from West Des Moines is a Principal Financial Group counsel and former West Des Moines City Council member elected to the Senate in a 2012 special election.
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West Des Moines
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Iowa House backs regulation of traffic cameras in schools
The Iowa House voted 77 21 to regulate automated cameras in school zones and high risk areas, rejecting a ban and setting up a clash with the Senate which prefers abolition. The fate now returns to the Senate as courts weigh Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Muscatine appeals over camera shutdowns.
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Ashley Hinson
Marion
Linn County supervisors freeze pay again
Linn County supervisors vote 4-0 to keep their annual pay near 104000 while denying a 3 percent raise for themselves. They approve 3 percent raises for the county attorney, auditor, recorder, sheriff and treasurer. Brent Olson absent. Voters previously reduced the board from five to three members amid pay criticisms.
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Linn
Massive student walkouts sweep the nation over gun violence
Tens of thousands of students across the United States left classrooms to protest gun violence sparked by a Florida high school shooting that killed 17. The walkouts precede a Washington march that could draw hundreds of thousands, a scale not seen since 1960s protests.
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