Politics The Barker Bulletin: Funnel Week 2025-03-10 Iowa lawmakers introduced more than 2,000 bills this legislative session, but only a few hundred made it past the latest legislative deadline. The deadline helps limit the number of bills lawmakers are able to consider. Lawmakers still advanced hundreds of bills out of the more than 2,301 introduced this year, which is more than each of the previous five years individually. The next funnel deadline is April 4 when House bills will have to be voted out of their Senate committee and Senate bills out of their House committee. Republicans are in their ninth year of control, with agenda-setting majorities in the House and Senate, along with Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds in the governor's mansion. Crime Restoring security at our southern border and delivering justice for Sarah Root 2025-03-10 Nine years ago, on Jan. 31, 2016, 21-year-old Sarah Root was killed by an egregiously drunk driver, Edwin Mejia, who was an illegal immigrant. Mejia posted bail, fled the country, and was not seen from again until recently when Honduran law enforcement officials found and arrested him near the Honduran capital city. The Honduran Supreme Court issued a warrant for his arrest and officials are arranging for his extradition to the United States to face consequences for his crimes. This comes as South and Central American governments are feeling increased pressure from President Trump to bring justice to the victims of illegal migrant crime. The Laken Riley Act, which includes Sarah's Law, was the first legislation signed into law by President Trump, and it is imperative that any illegal immigrant who injures or kills an American citizen is swiftly detained and punished to the fullest extent of the law. Politics The Legislature's impact on local government 2025-03-10 Iowa lawmakers killed a bill that would make it a state crime to sleep on public property and reduce the amount of time to remove abandoned property from public spaces. The bill, House Study Bill 286, would result in up to 30 days in jail and up to an $855 fine if a person is found in violation of the bill. A Senate version of the bill was tabled in the Iowa Senate after Sen. Dave Sires, R-Cedar Falls, joined Sen. Janice Weiner, D-Iowa City, in opposing the bill during a subcommittee hearing. Iowa House lawmakers also advanced a laundry list of legislative reforms for Iowa's higher education system, including proposals that would limit diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in Iowa's community colleges and private universities. Republicans also advanced a bill that would prohibit Iowa's regent universities from requiring classes from teaching DEI or critical race theory to complete a degree unless it is clear from the name or description of the degree being offered. |
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