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Statehouse standoff leaves Iowans in the dark – Iowa Capital Dispatch
The 100th day of the 2022 legal session in Iowa is Tuesday.
I recognize that’s most likely not a day noted on your schedule. The majority of Iowans don’t pay much interest to whether the Legislature is in session or otherwise. Those that commemorate Easter, Passover or Ramadan might have been hanging out with family members. Others might be preparing their yards, going to youngsters’ track satisfies as well as pursuing completion of the academic year. Some might have invested the weekend break identifying their tax obligations.
Mentioning tax obligations, your own are spending for every little thing that occurs at the Iowa Statehouse, as well as think what? Very little is taking place today. As well as whatever might be taking place is being carried out in key, behind shut doors, where you aren’t invite.
Residence Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst summed it up: “Most importantly, I intend to resemble what I’ve learnt through many Iowans that have connected to me over the last couple of days as well as claimed the expression: ‘The heck’s taking place up there?’”
The Republicans that manage the Iowa Residence, Us senate as well as guv’s workplace have actually been not able to get to arrangement on some crucial elements of the guv’s program. Therefore, work with the state budget plan goes to a grinding halt.
Residence GOP stops at independent school coupons
The huge sticking factor, it shows up, is Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposition to utilize taxpayer cash to assist spend for independent school tuition as well as expenditures for households that intend to vacate their public colleges. The Us senate passed the costs last month, however Republicans in the Iowa Residence are stopping. A comparable costs Reynolds recommended passed away in 2015 for the exact same factor.
As Well As it’s a great factor. Numerous country GOP legislators as well as their components have actually identified that they don’t have lots of independent schools in their neighborhoods. As well as as a result of that, this plan doesn’t assist them as well as it has the prospective to damage the already-struggling public colleges that these country neighborhoods have actually battled difficult to keep. You’d assume a guv competing reelection would certainly hesitate about a proposition that many of her very own event’s legislators are standing up to.
Rather, Reynolds recently urged she’s “never ever gonna quit” on the suggestion.
“If we don’t do that, I’m mosting likely to return following year,” Reynolds claimed. “I think so highly in offering every moms and dad this chance.”
It seems to me like legislators can wait as well as see if Reynolds is back following year.
The costs additionally consists of the guv’s supposed “openness” proposition that calls for public-school educators to publish all their course strategies as well as products on the web so moms and dads can see what’s taking place without needing to talk with their youngsters or, paradise forbid, the educator.
So, to be clear, legal leaders as well as the guv are exercising in secret the destiny of regulations to call for even more openness for other individuals. Isn’t that simply normal?
Delay generates negative budget plan techniques
I ought to mention below that the Iowa Residence has actually adhered to a traditional procedure for assembling its budget plan as well as a quite darn effective one too. If Residence Bulk Leader Matt Windschitl can additionally run the Us senate, the Legislature would certainly have adjourned weeks back.
Residence participants have actually done the hefty training on the budget plan. They held appropriation subcommittee conferences as well as board conferences as well as your home has actually accepted just about among the traditional budget plan expenses. The Us senate has actually not joined what are generally joint subcommittees as well as it has actually not accepted a solitary budget plan costs, despite the fact that both chambers’ costs targets aren’t much apart.
The standoff has actually currently brought about one unwanted budget plan method. Residence participants have actually turned to putting formerly accepted plan language right into budget plan expenses after the initial regulations has actually delayed in the Us senate. This is a poor suggestion for a range of factors, consisting of that it makes regulations harder for Iowans to track.
One instance is the debatable “right to attempt” costs that offers terminally unwell individuals as well as those on ventilators the alternative of off-label use medications like ivermectin also if it is counter to their medical professionals’ referrals. Ivermectin acquired some appeal as a therapy for COVID-19 despite the fact that government regulatory authorities remain to claim it has actually not been confirmed reliable as well as could be damaging. The language is currently in the House-passed health and wellness as well as human solutions budget plan after legislators did rule out the initial costs.
An also worse method might be yet ahead, when the back-room offers are done as well as legislators begin to hurry expenses via last flooring dispute. This is when we might see legislators breaching their very own regulations to take faster ways with the procedure, consisting of rolling the whole budget plan right into a large omnibus costs. This is awful for public accessibility to federal government, as also lots of legislators are delegated elect on expenses they haven’t review or put in the time to completely recognize.
Us senate Republicans’ negligence of public info as well as gain access to shouldn’t come as a shock to Iowans. Us Senate Bulk Leader Jack Whitver left no question regarding that when he prevented the information media from the chamber flooring.
Iowans might not care whether legislators go house in a timely manner. Some might also appreciate the truth that the political leaders won’t earn money for their everyday expenditures after Tuesday. However on a daily basis the Legislature remains in overtime prices taxpayers money. As well as every choice legislators make behind shut doors prices Iowans their voice along with their tax obligation bucks.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – With four victories after intermission, including a technical fall and major decision, the Hawkeyes extended their winning streak over Iowa State to 20 in a row.
The Hawkeyes took the dual 21-15.
Early on, the matched looked dead even, with the teams trading decisions. But at 157 pounds, Iowa State’s Paniro Johnson picked up six points with an injury default win over Jacori Teemer. Teemer appeared to injure his hamstring, but Iowa head coach Tom Brands did not comment further on his status.
Iowa responded four straight wins from Michael Caliendo, Patrick Kennedy, Angelo Ferrari and Stephen Buchanan to seal the dual. Kennedy’s win came by technical fall, Buchanan’s by major decision. Yonger Bastida defeated Ben Kueter at heavyweight to earn the last points for Iowa State.
With the win, Iowa improves to 4-0. With the loss, ISU drops to 1-2.
No. 2 Iowa 21 – No. 12 Iowa State 15
125 – Adrian Meza (ISU) dec. Kale Petersen (Iowa) , 5-1
133 – Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec. Evan Frost (ISU), 11-7
141 – Zach Redding (ISU) dec. Ryder Block (Iowa), 5-4
149 – Kyle Parco (Iowa) dec. Anthony Echemendia (ISU), 4-3
157 – Paniro Johnson (ISU) inj. default Jacori Teemer (IA), 3:32
165 – Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec. Connor Euton (ISU), 12-7
174 – Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech. fall Aiden Riggins (ISU), 19-4
184 – Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) dec. Evan Bockman (ISU), 8-2
197 – Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) major dec. #20 Christian Carroll, 10-0
285 – Yonger Bastida (ISU) dec. Ben Kueter (Iowa), 7-2
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The Iowa Hawkeyes were able to cobble together a 29-13 win over the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday afternoon in spite of entering the game with major distractions.
The chief distraction at hand was the status of Iowa’s quarterback situation, as the Hawkeyes were forced to roll with Jackson Stratton thanks to Cade McNamara and Brendan Sullivan both being sidelined.
McNamara’s status was particularly murky, as the initial consensus was that he would regain his starting job once it was revealed that Sullivan would be out for the season with an ankle injury.
However, confusion over McNamara’s availability made things, as head coach Kirk Ferentz would say, “cloudy,” and he ended up not being medically cleared to play due to a concussion he suffered back on Oct. 26.
Either way, Iowa emerged victorious in spite of Stratton going 10-of-14 for 76 yards. Kaleb Johnson carried the day, as per usual, racking up 164 yards and a touchdown on 35 carries. Kamari Moulton also rattled off 114 yards, with 68 of those yards coming on a touchdown scamper.
But even with the running game operating smoothly (for the most part), you just felt like the Hawkeyes were lacking.
Maryland is not a good football team, so beating the Terrapins is not really a good barometer to determine how well Iowa played.
Because I’ll be honest: if the Hawkeyes faced an even decent ballclub on Saturday, they may very well have lost with all of the opportunities they blew.
Iowa had to settle for five field goals, and Moulton fumbled inside the red zone early in the first quarter. This should have been a much wider margin of victory than 16 points.
Yes, the defense held serve, but, again, it’s Maryland we’re talking about here.
The 2024 season has been a cluster of inconsistency for the Hawkeyes. They entered the season full of promise, but it has not materialized like they hoped.
It has reached a point where it has almost feels like Iowa needs to put this thing out of its misery. The Hawkeyes have no quarterback. They have no weapons in the passing game. Their defense isn’t quite as stingy as it was last season.
Iowa is 7-4, but it has been unable to put together a stretch of consistently sound football all year long. Fans are frustrated, and just getting a run-of-the-mill bowl game is not going to satisfy them.
Things need to change at Iowa City, because what the Hawkeyes are doing now isn’t working. The offense needs an overhaul. No more skirting the issue under center and with wide receivers.
The problem is this isn’t the NFL. You can’t just sign a bunch of free agents, make trades and draft players overnight. It’s going to involve a stark change in recruiting, and Iowa is somehow going to have to land a couple of big names via the transfer portal.
I don’t want to rain on the parade. The Hawkeyes won, and that’s great. Be proud of the kids for playing their guts out in the face of all of the adversity.
But man, it has certainly been a pedestrian season.
Iowa will close things out against Nebraska next week.
Iowa wrestling coach Clarissa Chun breaks down pair of dual wins
Iowa wrestling’s Clarissa Chun holds press conference after pair of dual wins over William Jewell and Cornell College
The rich continue to get richer.
The Iowa women’s wrestling program added to an already loaded roster late Friday night with the commitment of Isabella Marie Gonzalez. She is the No. 3 pound-for-pound recruit in girls high school wrestling regardless of age and the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2025.
Gonzalez, who is ranked No. 1 nationally at 120 pounds at the high school level by USAWrestling, has the makings of a star. She was the U17 World Team representative (finishing fifth) for the United States at 53 kilograms this summer. She was also a U17 Pan-American Games champion in 2023, fitting the mold of what coach Clarissa Chun looks for in international success.
From the state of California, she is a two-time state champion, a multi-time Fargo medalist and a Super 32 champion.
“I am excited to announce my official commitment to the University of Iowa,” Gonzalez wrote in an Instagram post. “Thank you to everyone who has continued to support me through my journey. Go Hawkeyes!”
This is the first commit of the 2025 class for the Hawkeyes, who brought in seven freshmen and 11 total new faces in 2024. Given the proposed roster limits of 30 coming next season, the number of newcomers isn’t likely to match or exceed the 2024 number.
Regardless, this is a high-profile addition for the Hawkeyes in a weight that needed some additional talent. The lone question is whether that will be at 117 or 124 pounds for the Hawkeyes. Her addition to depth behind Brianna Gonzalez at 117 or potentially competing for a spot right away at 124 pounds will be a welcome addition either way.
Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.
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