by Holly Brink Week One Update Hello Friends, As week one of the second half of the 89th General Assembly of Iowa ends, I want to recap just a few things that happened this week. I’m honored to be back at the Capitol serving the people of House District 6 in the Iowa House of […]
by Dutin Hite This week marked the start of the 2022 legislative session. The first week is always filled with ceremonies and the first committee meetings of the year. In many ways it is like the first day in school where you see old friends and meet new ones. This year I will serve on […]
(Oskaloosa, Iowa) – Today, Representative Holly Brink (R-Oskaloosa) announced her decision not to seek re-election to the Iowa House in 2022. Brink is the current representative of House District 80 and under the recently confirmed redistricting maps now resides in House District 88. “It’s been an honor to represent the constituents of House District 80 […]
Oskaloosa – Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom, R-Oskaloosa, announced today his decision to retire from the Iowa Senate. The Iowa redistricting plan signed by Governor Reynolds in November placed Rozenboom and fellow senator Adrian Dickey, R-Packwood, in the same senate district. Rozenboom will retire effective January 1, 2023. “Serving the last 10 years in the Iowa […]
November 3rd, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa – After a long night of counting ballots, the public has a clearer idea of who will represent them on local councils and boards. The most contested local election seemed to be the Oskaloosa School Board, which featured many write-in candidates. For Director District 2, Clint O’Day, Brent Nelson, and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The second politician to make their way to Oskaloosa this past week was Iowa Auditor Rob Sand. Sand is the Auditor for the State of Iowa and one of the few Democrats to hold top-level positions within the State Government. Sand took office in January of 2019. During the pandemic, he hosted […]
by Ken Rozenboom The legislature has officially finished the 2021 legislative session. Republicans in the legislature set out this session with ambitious goals as the session began after nearly a year of dealing with the COVID pandemic. Iowans were eager to get back to the lives they knew and move Iowa forward. Throughout the summer […]
by Dustin Hite Now that we have passed our second funnel, our focus shifts since only the Appropriations and Ways & Means committees are meeting for the rest of this session. I sit on Ways & Means, so my focus has been on taxes and fees while others on Appropriations work to get a budget […]
by Holly Brink Week 14 Update Hello Friends, We are two weeks away from the scheduled end of the session, although no official announcement has been made about when we will officially end. This does mean that the legislature is focusing on fewer legislation that will be passed in the next month. If bills do […]
by Holly Brink Week 13 Update Hello Friends, Apologies for the delay in the newsletter, the day I normally work on the newsletter, Thursday, was an eventful day at the capitol and I wanted to include information from the virtual Ames forum. Beyond the eventful Thursday, it was a great and productive week at the […]
