Iowa House Democrats called for protections for abortion access and reproductive rights in the Iowa Constitution on Monday
One of the four pieces of introduced legislation would offer an amendment...
Temple Hiatt’s nephew showed signs of mental illness the day of his death. A Red flag gun safety law could have saved his life.
Hiatt, a volunteer with Iowa Moms Demand Action, said legislation...
The “bathroom bill” that would prohibit transgender youth from using school restrooms or changing areas that correspond with their gender identity is now on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
The...
A bill passed by the Iowa Senate on Tuesday would limit the types of information available to the State Auditor’s office during the course of an audit of any state agency or other state entity.
Sen....
The Johnson County Republicans hosted the University of Iowa’s top DEI official Thursday at its weekly meeting amid pending legislation in the Iowa Legislature whether to defund the regent universities’...
Gov. Kim Reynolds tapped Chad Aldis, a school choice and education reform researcher, to be the next head of Iowa’s Department of Education on Wednesday afternoon.
Aldis was the vice president...
The Iowa House passed a bill, 58-39, restricting access for transgender youth to seek gender-affirming care in the state on Wednesday afternoon. The bill, Senate File 538, now heads to the governor’s...
Republicans passed several key agenda items Tuesday night including multiple anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and Gov. Kim Reynolds’ state government realignment bill after a heated debate on the Iowa Senate...
Former President Donald Trump is planning his first visit to Iowa since announcing his 2024 presidential campaign bid in November 2022.
Trump will visit Davenport on March 13 and deliver remarks...
Iowa City High School students left class Wednesday to march toward the University of Iowa Old Capitol in a statewide protest of several anti-LGBTQ+ bills recently introduced in the Iowa Legislature.
Some...
Jerad Nylin, a third-year nontraditional student who studies criminology at the University of Iowa, first learned how to use a table saw at Iowa’s Blindness Empowerment and Independence center...
Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter
• February 26, 2023
Iowa lawmakers questioned Iowa’s public school leaders on procedures to review so-called “inappropriate” library books after parents raised concerns about book content last week during an Iowa...
