Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University, speaks on Hubert Humphrey's efforts in the 1940s--in tandem with the African American leader A. Philip Randolph--to set the...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has set November 5, 2024, as the date to vote for a referendum that would authorize the County to issue General Obligation Conservation Bonds not to exceed...
Based on decades of observing, thinking, and writing about Iowa's natural history and transformed ecology, human-intensified natural disasters, Connie Mutel will summarize the complex...
The new Iowa law allowing public monies to support students in private K-12 schools took effect when this school year started in August. Join us to hear about the law's impact on the...
Guest speaker Dr. Jean Donham. The mission of public education originally was to educate all citizens to understand their role in a democracy. Public education was intended to support the public...
Based on her recent research, Dr. Caroline Tolbert will analyze puzzling trends in voter participation and review ways that the machinery of voting, i.e., its organization, could be modernized to...
Shannon Patrick, LWVIA & LWVJC Board member, will present information to help the public and organizational advocates track legislation during the Iowa Legislative 2024 session.
Hear about abortion laws before and after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution which were the focus of the friend-of-the-court brief co-authored by Patricia Cline Cohen in “Dobbs v Jackson Women’...
Public officials at all levels of government are required to conduct the public's business in public with very few exceptions. Find out about transparency in public governance and why it...
