Highlights in this edition:

• Governor Completes Work on FY 2027 Budget
  • The Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget will spend $9.6441 billion This represents a 1.42% increase over the current year’s expenditures
• Iowa House GOP Leads the Charge on Limiting Screen Time in Schools
  • Research shows that screen time negatively impacts early child development by decreasing learning and attention
• Republicans Attack Fraud and Waste in Welfare Programs
  • SF 2422 implements new eligibility verification thresholds that must be met before individuals can receive public assistance
• Republicans Have Invested Over $1 Billion in Water Quality Since 2013
  • This session, the Iowa Legislature passed aggressive increases in water quality funding as well as a major investment in treating nitrates
• Governor Signs House GOP Bill on Habitual Criminals
  • Iowans have seen career criminals and repeat offenders in other states be released by judges more concerned with the criminal’s rights than the innocent victims’ rights
• Property Tax Reform—Why Revenue Caps Are a Necessity
  • Regardless of assessment growth, local governments may increase revenue collections by no more than two percent year over year – ending the practice of relying on assessment windfalls while claiming levy rates were not increased

Highlights in this edition:

• FY 2027 Infrastructure Budget Makes Major Investments into Iowa Communities
  • $10 million in state money matches a grant from the federal Department of War to Iowa State University Research Park to construct large fermenters to be used for research and create new substances made with Iowa-grown products – helping with the nation’s defense and new industries in Iowa 
  • The very popular Community Attractions and Tourism program will again receive $10 million spread out across the state for local infrastructure projects
  • The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) receives $3.7 million next year to build a firing range dedicated to ILEA’s use
• House Republicans Pass Education Bills to Support Parents, Improve Classroom Discipline and get Back to Basics
  • SF 2428 protects teachers and students from physical abuse and HF 2670 eliminates destructive woke requirements from education requirements and gets back to basics while adding physical fitness and nutrition to Iowa’s health curriculum
• House Republicans Approve Bills to Curb Waste, Increase Transparency
  • Across Iowa there have been high profile cases of public employees receiving large taxpayer paid settlements after leaving their positions, Iowans have a right to access information about how those institutions are managed and how employees are held accountable
• House Republicans Crack Down on Repeat Offenders, Child Predators and Woke Prosecutors
  • Repeat felons face real consequences, child predators must serve their sentences and woke prosectors can no longer let repeat offenders off the hook
• English Proficiency Requirement, Citizenship Verification, English-Only Driver’s Tests Among Bills Approved in Transportation Committee
  • SF 2426 requires those applying for or renewing a commercial driver’s license to demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency in order to get their license
• Constitutional Amendment Protecting Income Tax Cuts Heads to Voters
  • If future Democrats decide to follow through with threats to undo Iowa’s flat tax put in place by the biggest income tax in Iowa history—it would take a super majority
• Property Tax Reform Reaches Governor’s Desk
  • The bill saves Iowa property taxpayers over $4.0 billion in the next six years

Highlights in this edition: 

• Manufacturing 4.0 Grants for Fiscal Year 2026
  • The grants help small- and mid-size Iowa manufacturers
• House Republicans Vote to Get Dangerous Repeat Offenders Off the Street
  • County attorneys are expected to protect the community putting the safety of law-abiding Iowans ahead of the needs of criminals
• Are Electric Vehicles Paying into the Road Use Tax Fund to Support Iowa Roads?
  • Back in 2019, the Legislature created a series of new registration fees and fuel taxes for alternatively fueled vehicles 
• House Ways and Means Committee Passes Proposed Constitutional Amendment
  • With consistent criticism from Democrats targeting income tax reductions, the amendment is needed to protect future generations of Iowans from income tax increases spearheaded by Democrats

Highlights in this edition: 

• Republicans Pass Bill to De-Woke Iowa's Education Code
  • This bill strikes terms which serve as the entry point for destructive ideologies like DEI, Critical Race Theory and other woke ideas into classrooms
• House Amends MAHA bill, Ensures More Physical Activity 
  
  • Iowa currently ranks 11th in the nation for adult obesity and one in six children in Iowa are considered obese
• House Amends Welfare Bill to Focus on True Safety-Net
  • The bill reemphasizes that safety-net programs for low-income Iowans are not intended to be forever government dependent programs
• House Passes Property Tax Bill
  • Instead of worrying about government spending needs, the bill clearly puts the property taxpayer first

Highlights in this edition: 

• House Continues Work on Fiscal Year 2027 Budget
  • The House budget represents a 1.6 percent increase in state General Fund spending when compared to the current year's budget
• House Republicans Ensure Parental Involvement in HPV Vaccine
  • Senate File 304 simply removes the ability for a child as young as 9 to consent to the HPV vaccine without their parent being involved in the discussion
• House Republicans Pass Apprenticeship Bill
  • Feedback from Iowans helped House Republicans create these pathways for students to experience apprenticeship programs early on 
• Stricter Bail Requirements Approved by House and Senate
  • The bill explicitly states that the standard bond schedule cannot be used to simply release someone if they are charged with violent crimes like murder, robbery or sexual abuse

Highlights in this edition:

• Iowa City Schools’ Fiscal Troubles Shows Need for More Information, Transparency
  • The House Oversight Committee showed there may be a way to help get information into the light
• Huge Win for Parents, Students and Common Sense in Iowa Schools!
  • 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Sides with House Republican Common-Sense Bill
• Pregnant Female Bill Sent to Governor
  • This bill changes outdated references in Iowa Code from “pregnant person” to “pregnant female.”
• House Passes Bill to Improve Election Laws
  • The legislation also strikes a provision in code that allows voters to vote on election day without providing their identification