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2008

2008 Session Ends
April 27, 2008

Autism Support, TIME 21 & Renewable Energy
April 20, 2008

Smoking, School Infrastructure & REAP
April 13, 2008

Making Iowans Safer
April 6, 2008

Heading to the Finish Line
March 30, 2008

Sometime Nice, Sometimes Nasty
March 23, 2008

What’s Left for the 2008 Session?
March 16, 2008

Health Care Reform
March 9, 2008

Protecting Iowans' Health and their Federal Rebates
March 2, 2008

Partial Smoke Free Air Act
February 24, 2008

Balancing the 2009 Budget
February 18, 2008

Healthcare for All Iowa Children
February 10, 2008

Week Three
February 3, 2008

Helping Iowa Families Succeed
January 27, 2008

The 2008 Session Begins
January 21, 2008

2007

Affordable Health Care Commission
June 17, 2007

End of Session
April 30, 2007

Health & Human Services (HHS) Appropriations<
April 22, 2007

Taxes & Budgets
April 15, 2007

Student Achievement and Teacher Quality
April 8, 2007

Improving Health of Iowans
April 1, 2007

Fiscally Sound Budget
March 25, 2007

Tobacco Tax Passes
March 17, 2007

Saving Money, Saving Lives
March 11, 2007

Disaster Aid
March 4, 2007

Events of the Past Week
February 25, 2007

Helping Our Schools and Teachers
February 18, 2007

A Bi-Partisan Start
February 11, 2007

Helping Students Succeed
February 4, 2007

Helping Iowans Succeed
January 28, 2007

Time to Increase Minimum Wage
January 21, 2007

The 2007 Session Begins
January 14, 2007

My Plan for This Year’s Session
January 12, 2007

And the survey says!......
January 12, 2007

2006

Legislature Accomplishes More Than Expected
May 7, 2006

Good News
April 30, 2006

How a Good Bill Becomes Bad
April 23, 2006

Slowly Moving Toward Adjournment
April 16, 2006

Legislators Lead Effort to Ensure Accountability
April 9, 2006

Fast & Furious Week
April 2, 2006

Human Trafficking
March 26, 2006

Health, Education & Human Services
March 19, 2006

The TouchPlay Explosion
March 12, 2006

Foster Kids Leaving Home
March 5, 2006

Bills Alive or Dead
February 26, 2006

Eminent Domain
February 19, 2006

Attention: Public Hearings
February 12, 2006

Energy Independence
February 5, 2006

Financial Literacy
January 29, 2006

Funding for Schools and Veterans
January 22, 2006

The 2006 Session Begins
January 16, 2006

2005

A Pretty Good Session for Iowans
May 22, 2005

Finding Common Ground
May 8, 2005

Unfinished Business
May 1, 2005

A New Day for Medicaid
April 24, 2005

Two Weeks & a Long Way to Go
April 17, 2005

Public Safety Shell Game
April 10, 2005

Sex Offender and Education Legislation
April 3, 2005

Health Care for Low Income Iowans
March 27, 2005

Meth Lab Reduction
March 20, 2005

Tobacco: Legal & Lethal
March 12, 2005

Early Childhood
March 6, 2005

Active Week
February 27, 2005

The Meth Problem in Iowa
February 20, 2005

Property Taxes & Local Control
February 13, 2005

Governor's Budget Proposal
February 5, 2005

Highway Patrol Ride-Along
January 30, 2005

Medicaid Budget Issues
January 23, 2005

The 2005 Session
January 16, 2005

2004

Good News, Bad News
April 25, 2004

The End is Near
April 18, 2004

Budget Debate Delayed
April 11, 2004

Budget Debate
April 4, 2004

Education Budget
March 28, 2004

State Budget Work Begins
March 21, 2004

Medical Malpractice Insurance
March 14, 2004

Kill Bill
March 7, 2004

Gambling Wins, Education Loses
February 29, 2004

Allowable Growth
February 22, 2004

Bullying
February 15, 2004

Budgetary Bombs
February 8, 2004

Medicaid Savings Fall Short
February 1, 2004

The 98% Spending Limitation Law
January 25, 2004

The 2004 Session Begins
January 19, 2004

Pre-Session Report
January 8, 2004

2003

The Special Session
June 1, 2003

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
May 4, 2003

Reinventing Government?
April 27, 2003

Economic Development Proposal Unveiled
April 20, 2003

Military Service Tax Breaks
April 13, 2003

Medicaid Cost Containment
April 6, 2003

Streamlining Government
March 23, 2003

Economic Growth is Essential
March 23, 2003

Mental Health Parity
March 16, 2003

Cleaning up Iowa’s Impaired Waters
March 9, 2003

Education, Medication, and Incarceration
March 2, 2003

Protecting Privacy
February 16, 2003

Character Development in Schools
February 16, 2003

Expand Health Benefits for Kids
February 9, 2003

No Child Left Behind
February 2, 2003

The Iowa Legislature Gets Down to Business
January 26, 2003

The 2003 Session Begins
January 19, 2003

2002

Addressing the High Cost of Prescription Drugs
July 7, 2002

Making Good Policy
April 21, 2002

It's Over For Now
April 14, 2002

Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (HAWK-I)
April 7, 2002

Will we protect Iowa’s children?
March 31, 2002

Protect and Preserve
March 24, 2002

Child Abuse
March 17, 2002

Revised Budget
March 10, 2002

Budget Plan Hurts Iowans
March 3, 2002

Sound of Silence
February 24, 2002

Children vs. Surplus?
February 17, 2002

Budget Woes
February 10, 2002

Empowering Communities
February 3, 2002

Iowa Venture Capital
January 27, 2002

We begin the 2002 Session
January 20, 2002

2001

The 2001 Special Session
November 12, 2001

2001 Legislative Session Ends--For Now
May 13, 2001

Kids First, Tax Cuts Later
May 6, 2001

Responsibility and Possibility
April 29, 2001

The Rainy Day is Here
April 22, 2001

Redrawing Iowa's Political Map
April 15, 2001

State Budget Concerns
April 8, 2001

Your Voting Rights
April 1, 2001

Mid-Session Report
March 25, 2001

Making Choices
March 18, 2001

Teacher Compensation
March 11, 2001

Funding for Early Education
March 4, 2001

The Digital Divide
February 25, 2001

Save Our Soil
February 18, 2001

Iowa Cares about Kids & Seniors
February 11, 2001

Hosting Peter Yarrow
February 4, 2001

Keeping Iowa's Kids Safe
January 28, 2001

Heating Bills Hurt Iowans
January 21, 2001

Report to the 50th District
January 14, 2001

2000

Vision Iowa--Recreation & Education Attractions
April 23, 2000

Tobacco Settlement Funds can make Iowans Healthier
April 9, 2000

Electric Utility Deregulation
April 2, 2000

Regressive Taxes to Support Schools?
March 26, 2000

Disruptive Students
March 11, 2000

Clean Water
March 9, 2000

 Tobacco Settlement Dollars
March 12, 2000

Child Abuse
March 5, 2000

Mental Health Parity
February 13, 2000

Senior Long-Term Care
February 13, 2000

Improving Iowa Schools
February 6, 2000

Child Care--Our Next Frontier
January 23, 2000

1999

"English Only?"
April 25, 1999

Patient's Bill of Rights
April 18, 1999

Support for Iowa Family Farmers
April 11, 1999

Valuing Iowa's Senior Citizens
March 28, 1999

Improving Health for Iowa's Children
February 28, 1999

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