Heather Sievers

Feb 23, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Connie Ryan |Rick Morain |Heather Sievers

Photo of Davenport skyline is by WeaponizingArchitecture and available via Wikimedia CommonsThe Iowa House has overwhelmingly passed a bill designed to improve local government compliance with the state’s open meetings and open records laws. House File 2539, approved by 92 votes to 2 on February 22, would increase fines for members of a local government body who participated in an open meetings violation, from the current range of $100 to $500 to a range of $500 to $2,500.

Feb 23, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Connie Ryan |Laura Belin |Rick Morain |Heather Sievers

Connie Ryan is Executive Director of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and Action Fund. She first published a version of this essay in the Des Moines Register. Religious freedom is one of our country’s most fundamental rights. Religious freedom is also already protected through the First Amendment to the U.S Constitution as well as Article I, Section 3 of our state’s constitution. The rule of law is also important.

Feb 23, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rick Morain |Heather Sievers |Steve Corbin

Grassley silent after feds link Biden smear to Russian intelligence Thursday, Feb 22 2024 0 Comments U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has yet to comment publicly on a new document asserting that “officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story” about Hunter Biden. The revelation came in a detention memo federal prosecutors filedon February 20, hoping to convince a court to keep former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov incarcerated pending trial.

Feb 21, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Heather Sievers |Kurt Meyer |David P. Tilly |Randy Evans

A mother's perspective: How AEA reform will hurt Iowa's children Wednesday, Feb 21 2024 2 Comments 0 New! Heather Sievers is the founder of Advocates for Iowa’s Children and an Altoona mother of a child of rare disabilities. Photo of Heather with her daughter Rowan was provided by the author and published with permission.

Dec 13, 2023 | bleedingheartland.com | Randy Evans |Rick Morain |Heather Sievers |Steve Corbin

Secret government settlements are wrong—period Wednesday, Dec 13 2023 0 Comments Photo of Davenport City Hall is by Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsRandy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and can be reached at [email protected]. City leaders in Davenport have forgotten that city government there belongs to the people. It does not belong to the folks who were elected to city offices.