by Senator Adrian Dickey Happy Easter, Senate District 44! Before I start with a rundown of the big debate at the Capitol this week, I want to state the most important thing, and that is Happy Easter to all of you and I hope you’re able to reflect on what Easter week is really about. […]
The first day to request an Absentee Ballot for the Primary Election is Tuesday, March 26, 2024, and the first day to mail absentee ballots is Wednesday, May 15. To obtain an absentee ballot, please go to the Mahaska County’s website https://elections.mahaskacountyia.gov/vote/absentee/ or the Secretary of State’s website www.sos.state.ia.us/elections and download the Absentee Ballot Request […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey With the close of this week, the second funnel deadline has passed. With that behind us, we now focus our attention on bills which have passed through the House to the Senate and Senate bills that are debate eligible. This week, I moved HF 2579 through the Transportation Committee. This bill […]
This week, Helena Hayes announced her candidacy for re-election to the Iowa House, representing House District 88 which includes most of Mahaska County, all of Keokuk County and the northern half of Jefferson County. Hayes, a Republican from New Sharon, said she is “committed to addressing pressing issues that affect her district and all of […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Second legislative funnel Next week is the second legislative deadline of the year, pushing the legislature to focus on getting bills received from the House of Representatives through subcommittee and committee this week. This rule is an important part of the process as we work through bills and find policy with […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey With one week until the second funnel week, we have had some great debate discussions about the policies we’ve worked on throughout the year. We have had numerous discussions from making it harder to raise taxes to securing the border by giving state law enforcement the judicial tools they need to […]
by Helena Hayes Week 7 I really appreciate it when pastors from my district take time out of their busy schedules to come and pray with me and others while we are at the capitol. Thank you to Pastor Chad Lierman (above photo) of Trinity Church in Oskaloosa for visiting and petitioning the Lord on […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey Well, the past few weeks in my newsletter, I had commented on the lack of floor debate in the Senate so far this session. Well, that certainly changed this week where we debated every day. One bill I was able to help stop would have made every county in Iowa follow […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom It’s hard to believe, but the 2024 legislative session is already reaching the halfway point. We are scheduled for a 100-day session this year which means that by April 16 we should be wrapping up. That’s never a sure thing of course, but that’s our goal. Meanwhile both chambers began floor […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey Good afternoon! The first funnel has passed! You’ve heard me reference the funnel several times in the past six weeks, so let me expand a little more on what it actually is. Any legislator can introduce legislation when the session starts. To survive the funnel, all legislation (excluding legislation that deals […]
