state politics | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com The Midwest's Latino News Source Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:39:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://holaamericanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png state politics | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com 32 32 “Immigrants are Welcome Here” https://holaamericanews.com/immigrants-are-welcome-here/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:21:07 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=35413 By Robert Leonard, Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture Maybe 100 people or more were at the Iowa State Capitol yesterday for a rally organized by the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice. […]

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]]> Democrat wins Iowa Senate election, holding off GOP supermajority https://holaamericanews.com/democrat-wins-iowa-senate-election-holding-off-gop-supermajority/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:54:54 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=34463 By Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register Democrat Renee Hardman made history after winning the Iowa Senate District 16 seat to become Iowa’s first Black female senator, defeating Republican Lucas Loftin […]

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]]> Illinois lawmakers approve ban on civil immigration arrests in state courthouses https://holaamericanews.com/illinois-lawmakers-approve-ban-on-civil-immigration-arrests-in-state-courthouses/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:19:51 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=33879 After weeks of criticizing federal immigration raids, state lawmakers took legislative action By Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois Springfield, IA — After weeks of verbally condemning the aggressive federal immigration […]

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