National Youth Leadership Forum: National Security Tracy, IA – This summer, Kadyn Boyd from Tracy, Iowa will join outstanding high school students from across the nation to take part in a unique academic and career oriented development experience, National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): National Security, taking place at the University of Maryland in Washington D.C. […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom The Senate continues with subcommittee and committee work on a number of issues. I chaired a subcommittee on Tuesday to discuss SF 2152, a bill related to the amount of land owned by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In 2018 we required the DNR to submit a report to General […]
Week 5 Update Hello Friends! Week 5 in the Iowa House was a short but busy week; the House did not convene on Monday due to the Statewide Midterm Caucuses. This week was extra busy as it was filled with a plethora of subcommittee and committee meetings preparing for funnel week, which is next week. […]
by Dustin Hite There are many updates as the fifth week of the 2022 Legislative Session comes to a close. Next week is the first legislative funnel week. Unless a bill has been assigned to the Appropriations, Ways and Means, or Government Oversight committee, it must pass out of a committee by February 18th to […]
February 10, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The room for the Oskaloosa School Board was filled with parents, community members and teachers on Tuesday evening. They were joined by many who watched the live stream. The attention was around a proposed curriculum for the Oskaloosa Elementary School, ‘Wit and Wisdom.’ The proposed materials had gotten the […]
February 9th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council held a relatively normal meeting on Monday, February 7th, 2022. They went into a closed session after the open meeting to discuss future litigation, and when they returned sometime later, they returned to the open session. Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt opened up by stating that the […]
February 9th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in a regular session on February 7th, 2022. The Board approved the appointment of Lucinda Smith to the Pioneer Cemetery Board. The Board also set the date and time for a public hearing on the maximum property tax asking for the fiscal […]
Olathe, Kan.–Keeping up with their trend for the season, the William Penn men’s basketball team won another dramatic thriller, defeating the MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers 90-87 in overtime. The Statesmen now own a 23-1 record overall and a 14-1 mark in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. With the win, William Penn has now clinched at […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Education issues were prominent in the Iowa Senate this week, and I’ll devote my newsletter exclusively to education issues this week. One common theme in education policy in the Iowa Senate over the last five years has been empowering parents in their children’s education. Last year, because some Iowa schools refused […]
Week 4 Update Hello Friends, The fourth week of session was a busy one, filled with several subcommittee and committee meetings, as well as visits from constituents and the first floor debate of the second half of the 89th General Assembly! I even got to participate in my son Garisin’s senior government class’s field trip […]
