Funnel week survivors
Due to the limited amount of time the Iowa General Assembly has to work on policy bills each year, the legislature establishes rules that impose deadlines (also known as “funnels”) for legislation moving through the process. In order for bills to stay alive during this legislative session, they must be voted out of...
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The Sinclair Report by Amy Sinclair, Iowa Senate, Dist. 14
Feb. 18, 2016
First funnel finished
The 86th General Assembly hit the first major milestone on its path toward adjournment this week with the passing of the first funnel. Committees and subcommittees worked all week to get bills through the committee process so they could remain eligible to be discussed by this General Assembly. Most of my...
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Press INKlings: What if you were the U.S. President?
Each state’s part leading up to the November election is bringing us closer to only a Democratic and a Republican candidate for president of our country. What if you were the U.S. President? I’d dare to bet most of you are thinking, “No way would I ever do that.” It’s a huge job. Have you...
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Press INKlings: Happy Valentine’s Day thoughts
Since Valentine’s Day is coming up (it’s Feb. 14 every year for those still unaware of it!), I was going to share from Mandy Len Catron’s “Modern Love” essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This.” She refers to a study by the psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) that explores whether a relationship between...
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Press INKlings: What better gift than readers?
Let’s see, I think I’m over a month late. The holidays are always a good time to remember those who are important to you. Like readers. Recently, columns in this space have come to mind and been formatted into a computer file. That happens all the time. What doesn’t happen all the time is all...
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Press INKlings: We are not promised days without pain
I once had a journalism professor who said to write columns and news about what people are talking about.
So, I suppose I could write about how all the media much bigger than your weekly newspaper are all hyped about next week’s first-in-the-nation caucuses here in Iowa. I could write about the attack ads that are...
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Press INKlings: And then it is winter …
A reader shared this email with me. Someone added at the beginning, “This is right on the nose. Read it slowly. I don’t know who wrote it, but I am guessing it was a senior! I first started reading this and was reading fast until I reached the third sentence. I stopped and started over...
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