Main Street Alliance: An alternative voice for small biz. ChicagoBusiness.com | 26 May 2010, 2:48 pm. (Reuters) — After failing to secure affordable health insurance for workers at her family’s small business in Waterloo, Iowa , ..

If you get it in your blood, it stays there,” said Brent Siegrist, a former Iowa House speaker from Council Bluffs who now works for the Area Education Agencies but describes himself as a “recovering politician.” … “It’s certainly a great viable alternative to being a state legislator, and I think they find they can actually have quite a bit more influence as an individual on a three- or five-member board of supervisors,” he said.

It’s not clear whether Iowa Republicans will make a play for this House seat. Kathie Obradovich reported last month that Republicans are “closely watching the Democratic primary in District 21 If Burt is the nominee, they see an opportunity for one of … The issues page on her campaign website emphasizes education , opportunity and fighting for working families

Under the list of primary duties of the Department of Economic Development, the department is to encourage and assist small businesses. The bill would add small businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans. (Passed House 98-0) to Senate Calendar …

Holst and other company officials say that Iowa’s bountiful wind energy can be best used if some type of electricity storage is available. For all its popularity and greenness, wind energy can be the least reliable form of …. Republicans have been hammering the House Armed Services Committee chairman for months on his vote to control carbon emissions, saying that policy could produce higher energy costs that would be crippling to farmers and small businesses.

HF 2488 Young Adult Representation on Boards and Commissions. All boards, commissions, committees, and councils are to the extent practicable, have at least one member of the board who is at least 18 and younger than 35.

Finally, if all the above occurs and non-members think they are being assessed a fee higher than what they think they should be charged, they can challenge the assessment. Last Wednesday when the Iowa House held a hearing on Reasonable … She has been active in the labor movement for ten years, first as a member of AFSCME 3506, when she taught adult education classes at the City Colleges of Chicago.

If you are afraid of your child being bullied, what will happen when your child becomes an adult and meets a bullying boss? This is a real-world story; children need the exposure to different people. Why

A bill introduced in the Iowa House would expand what’s required to be taught in schools to include “age-appropriate”, comprehensive sex education beginning in kindergarten. The legislation is being pushed … But we as adults need to take the adult aspect out of it and to see it for what it is, curiosity

The biggest line item is “$92.3 million, end all state benefits to adult illegal immigrants.” The Iowa House Republican caucus claims this number comes from the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.