The Big Issues Iowa 2017 reforms summarized by topic
GOP actions in 2017 covered immigration detainers sanctuary limits and local penalties, abortion restrictions including six week ban and three day waiting period, major income tax cut package with six year phase in, expanded gun rights with stand your ground and parental handgun use, state constitutional gun rights amendment path, and preemption of local minimum wage autonomy affecting Polk Johnson Linn Wapello and Lee counties.
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Kim Reynolds
GOP
General Assembly
Iowa
Polk, Johnson, Linn
Wapello
Lee
Iowa Republicans push conservative reforms in two year session
The Iowa GOP emphasizes campaign trail momentum after a legislative session that expanded mental health access, curbed opioids, and funded water programs while passing a six pack of contentious laws on abortion, guns, and public employee bargaining. Democrats critique funding cuts and tax shifts while gearing to challenge Reynolds in November.
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Iowa
U.S. Senate
Kim Reynolds
Terry Branstad
China
Reynolds
Planned Parenthood
Chris Hall
Sioux City
House Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
Dennis Goldford
Drake University
Towans
Jeff Kaufmann
Republican Party of
Kaufmann
Chris Hagenow
House
Mark Smith
Price
VA research on medical marijuana stalls at federal gate
Veterans researchers face barriers as the DEA limits marijuana production to a single approved manufacturer, the University of Mississippi. Lawmakers push a bipartisan bill to let the VA study cannabis for PTSD and pain while urging the DEA to approve more applicants. Senators Harris and Hatch warned of potential Senate action to compel broader manufacturer review.
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Washington
Drug Enforcement Administration
University of Mississippi
DEA
Jeff Sessions
Department of Justice
Matt Gaetz
R-Fla
House
Luis Correa
Calif
Department of Veterans Affairs
Correa
Congress
Kamala Harris
D-Calif
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Sessions
Hatch
Harris
Senate
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Iowa General Assembly
Sanctuar Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Rod Boshart
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Judicial System
Education and Public Safety
Boshart
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
Tre
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Mazahir Salih
Iowa City
Nina Lavazzo-Stecopoulos
Coralville
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