Iowa Juneteenth 2019
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration that commemorates the June 19th, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the United States of America.
Iowa was the seventh state to officially recognize Junteenth.
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The Dust Settles on the 2019 Iowa Legislative Session
The 30-day period after the legislative session that Gov. Reynold has to sign bills into law has now passed. It's a good time to evaluate the wins, losses, problems, and mixed-bag results of the 2019 Iowa legislative session.
Iowa Pride 2019
June is Pride month, this year marking the 50th anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan that marked the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement.
The ACLU and Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Challenging Education Defunding Law
We just filed a lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland to block a law excluding it from receiving crucial funding to provide sex education for youth in Iowa.
Error-prone, expensive E-Verify won't fix our broken immigration system
By Mark Stringer
In recent weeks, some Iowa lawmakers have reignited their efforts aimed at requiring Iowa employers to use E-Verify, the federal government’s Internet-based system that attempts to verify work eligibility of individuals.
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