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The 2018 Iowa legislative session is underway and so is the 2018 campaign. We sit down with Speaker of the House Linda Upmeyer and Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen on this special Statehouse edition of Iowa Press.

2018 is upon us and Iowa budget planners are weighing our economic condition amid a federal tax cut that could have ramifications for government coffers in Washington and Des Moines. We check our fiscal pulse with Creighton Economist Ernie Goss on this edition of Iowa Press.

As the calendar turns to 2018 elections political pundits set their sights on future elections and examine public opinions. We dive deeper with one of the most accurate pollsters in America, Iowa's Ann Selzer, on this edition of Iowa Press.

Marijuana and opioids mixed with politics could be hot button issues at the Statehouse in 2018. We dive deeper with State Representative John Forbes and the Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health Gerd Clabaugh on this edition of Iowa Press.

Iowa Press #4515

Reporters Roundtable

Original Broadcast Date: December 15, 2017

Copyright 2017 – Iowa Public Television

Yepsen:  2017 was a year of political turmoil in Washington and here in Iowa.  We sit down with a roundtable of Iowa Journalists looking ahead to 2018 on this edition of Iowa Press.

Late 2017 has come to represent a year of sexual harassment allegations in both media and politics. The Iowa legislature was already reeling from a million dollar judgment regarding harassment. We sit down with the leader spearheading potential changes, Mary Kramer, on this edition of Iowa Press.

For a new Governor taking the reins of a republican-controlled state government controversial issues are everywhere. We sit down with Governor Kim Reynolds on this edition of Iowa Press.

A change in leadership before the start of another legislative session. What does the future hold for minority democrats in Des Moines? We get an update from the newly elected leader of Iowa Senate democrats, Janet Petersen, on this edition of Iowa Press.

The Republican Party trying to navigate tax reform before year's end with democrats united in opposition. We check in with Iowa's lone democratic Congressman in Washington, Dave Loebsack, on this edition of Iowa Press.

Republicans aiming toward 2018 face national fights while a republican majority and President in Washington balance tax reform amid federal investigations. Some Iowa republican perspective on this edition of Iowa Press.