![Rep. Elinor Levin, D-Iowa City, watches other representatives pick seats during the first day of the 90th Iowa General Assembly at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Rep. Adam Zabner, D-90, will also serve his first term in the house.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AB8I0539-900x600.jpg)
New faces representing Johnson County in Iowa statehouse
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• January 22, 2023
![The Iowa House convenes during the first day of the 90th Iowa General Assembly at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/010923_iowalegislature_JR050-900x600.jpg)
The Cloakroom | ‘Students First Act’ blazes through Senate Appropriations Committee
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor
• January 19, 2023
![Speaker of the House, Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, takes the floor during the first day of the 90th Iowa legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Grassley was sworn in to be the 26th speaker of the house.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/010923_iowalegislature_JR015-900x600.jpg)
‘Students First Act’ passed, committee votes on party lines
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• January 18, 2023
![Sen. Ken Rozenboom leads the Education Committee meeting at the State Capitol in Des Moines on Jan. 11. The meeting was attended by several Iowans who oppose Gov. Kim Reynolds private school voucher bill.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BB2I1971-900x600.jpg)
Gov. Reynolds revived school voucher bill rapidly advancing
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor
• January 17, 2023
![Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen smiles during the 2023 State of the Judiciary at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. In Christensen’s speech, she addressed moving some in-person trials to over remote formats. “If covid has taught us anything, it is that we can and we should be using remote technology more than we have in the past to conduct routine uncontested matters,” Christensen said.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/011123_stateofthejudiciary_JR008-900x600.jpg)
Iowa Chief Justice Susan Christensen looks to include Iowans in judicial reform
Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter
• January 11, 2023
![Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivers a speech during the 2023 State of the Judiciary at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Christensen addressed a lack of court reporters during her speech. “For the past few years, the judicial branch has become increasingly concerned about the growing imbalance between the number of court reporters retiring and the even fewer number of people becoming interested in the profession,” Christensen said.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/011123_stateofthejudiciary_JR003-900x600.jpg)
Photos: 2023 State of the Judiciary
Jerod Ringwald, Creative Director
• January 11, 2023
![Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the 2023 Condition of the State at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AB8I0560-900x600.jpg)
Reynolds touts Republican policy during Condition of the State address
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• January 10, 2023
![Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her 2023 Condition of the State speech at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Jan. 10, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/011023_conditionofthestate_JR006-900x600.jpg)
Photos: 2023 Condition of the State
Jerod Ringwald, Creative Director
• January 10, 2023
![Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a watch party for Iowa Republicans on Election Day at the Hilton Downtown in Des Moines on Nov. 8, 2022.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/kimmy-900x600.jpg)
Reynolds approves second round of grants to increase child care funding in Iowa
Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter
• January 9, 2023
![The Iowa House convenes during the first day of the 90th Iowa legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The house swore in Pat Grassley as speaker of the house.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/010923_iowalegislature_JR007-900x600.jpg)
Photos: Day one of the 2023 Iowa Legislature
Jerod Ringwald, Creative Director
• January 9, 2023