Last minute reminder: the mid-term party precinct caucuses are scheduled for tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. Here are the locations: Democratic Party precinct caucuses Republican Party precinct caucuses   While the state Senate will gavel in for a short time today, action will pick up at the Statehouse on Tuesday.   Last week at the State Capitol   The Catholic bishops of Iowa and several of our Iowa Catholic Conference board and committee members visited the State Capitol last week for our annual...

U.S. bishops’ president urges restraint and respect for human life in Minneapolis   Echoing the  message Pope Leo XIV  delivered at the Sunday Angelus, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops reminded the faithful: “Peace is built on respect for people.”    “Today, Pope Leo XIV reminds us that ‘the Gospel must be proclaimed and lived in every setting, serving as a leaven of fraternity and peace among all individuals, cultures, religions and peoples.’ ...

The Iowa legislative session is underway. Gov. Kim Reynolds is not seeking re-election, making this her last session. During her Condition of the State speech, the governor proposed property tax reform as one of her priorities. The plan would include a 2% revenue growth cap and also would help first-time home buyers save for down payments,   The Senate Republicans’ plan for property tax reform includes restrictions on levy rate growth. It would also have a separate system for residential...