Josh speaks with Friend of the Potluck Rep. Christina Bohannan about the bills that made it through the first legislative funnel and how she picks her battles at the Capitol.
Josh talks to Rep. Ras Smith (D-Black Hawk) about the voter rights bill, how to work in the minority, and the Iowa Workers Bill of Rights he is co-sponsoring this week.
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Josh talks about the movement on the Iowa GOP's voter suppression bill and the bill to deny state aid to cities that don't maintain or increase their police budget. Josh then speaks to Ope PAC founder Amber Gustafson about the new organization dedicated to taking on Kim Reynolds in 2022.
Part 2 of Josh's conversation with Des Moines Black Liberation Movement activist Jaylen Cavil.
Josh sits down with Rep. Ross Wilburn (D-Story) about the big votes ahead in the house and his new role as Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party.
Josh updates us on bills working their way through the legislature and then talks to Des Moines Black Liberation Movement activist Jaylen Cavil about the "Back the Blue" bill introduced in the Iowa Legislature earlier this session. Part 1 of a multi-part conversation.
Josh talks to Sara Anne Willette, founder of the popular Iowa COVID-19 Tracker website about the Governor's recent public health decisions and what to expect going forward.
Josh stayed up late to cover Governor Reynolds's 10:30pm proclamation allowing restaurants and bars across the state to open to capacity and ending her mask-wearing recommendations. No, really.
Then, Josh speaks with House Assistant Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst about Speaker Grassley's ad-hoc enforcement of house rules, the effort to defund public schools, and the effort to publicly shame Des Moines Schools.
State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott (D-Polk) joins Josh to recap the work of the Iowa Legislature this month.
Josh covers the results of the special election in senate district 41, gives an update on legislation on safe in-person learning, abortion, and gender identity instruction in schools, and speaks with Then, Josh speaks with Rep. Tracy Ehlert, a retired educator, about those education bills making their way through the legislature.
Josh catches us up on the first few weeks of the legislative session and has a conversation with State Senator Tony Bisignano (D-Polk) about the two constitutional amendments being rammed through the legislature.
New Daily Dome host Josh Cook talks to State Rep. Lindsey James about the first few weeks of the session and the bizarre priorities that have come out of GOP leadership.
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Today we discuss Governor Kim Reynolds's Condition of the State address, and play a clip from a conversation with Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls of Iowa City.
Senator Wahls spoke to us about the insurrection in Washington last week, how the legislature is adjusting to the ongoing pandemic, and the Democratic caucus’s agenda for this session, specifically surrounding COVID recovery.
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We cover the bullet points from House and Senate leadership's opening remarks and how they were all overshadowed by a superspreader event one floor below protesting things that don't exist. It's very cool and very sane.
We're back for the Iowa's Legislature's 89th General Assembly and our third season. Today the leaders of Iowa's legislative branch outline their goals for the year and try not sigh too deeply because... pandemic. Still.
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Outside of the Iowa Department of Public Health there may be no one who's more closely tracked the number of cases of COVID-19 than State Senator Rob Hogg (D-Cedar Rapids). He talks to Paige about the numbers he's seeing and
Since the Iowa Legislature adjourned on Sunday this will be the last episode of Daily Dome for this season. Thank you for listening and we'll see you back in January!
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Georgia journalist Rahul Bali from the Oconee Radio Group joins Paige to talk about the election issues in his state this past week and how voting early can prevent it happening here. Unfortunately for Iowans, the Senate just passed a bill making it harder to get a mail-in ballot and harder to cast it once they do.
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Paige spoke with members of the Des Moines Black Lives Matter Creative Collective on the five demands the movement has for state legislators. Unfortunately, no members were available to meet with them.
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Back in March a group of LGBTQ+ students were removed from the Iowa Capitol by state police after complaints some students used the "wrong" bathrooms. They broke neither law nor rules of the Capitol but they were still forced to leave.
Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D-Des Moines) was one of the elected officials who met with them outside afterwards. She talks with us about what she saw that day and what needs to change to make our capitol and our state a more welcoming place for all.
