The Iowa legislature has given bipartisan approval to a bill that requires longer prison sentences for repeat offenders. Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, said 75% of violent crimes are committed by someone who’s committed a crime before. “It is a valid and just public policy goal to keep these repeat offenders, people who have […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






