Illinois state lawmakers went back to Springfield this week for the veto session with a Clean Energy Proposal on the table.
And Iowa’s latest two-year cycle for city elections will be decided in a little more than two weeks.
Host Jim Niedelman talks about that with Iowa Republican Party Chair Jeff Kaufmann and former Rock Island Mayor Mark Schwiebert, a Democrat.
“We’ve discussed this several times in the legislature, I know, and it’s one of those issues that seems to be bipartisan on both sides,” Kaufmann said.
“As a person who served as mayor for 20 years, I found it kind of relieving not to have to run every two years,” Schwiebert said.
To hear more from the panel, click on the video.
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