Iowa House lawmakers' new plan to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies advanced out of the Iowa House Education Committee on Thursday, barely scraping upcoming legislative deadlines.
House...
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
• February 15, 2024
Iowa House lawmakers advanced a bill increasing teacher pay on Thursday that would decrease the amount from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ original proposed legislation, which has since been killed in the...
Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Thursday to allow 3 percent of growth in Supplemental State Aid to Iowa’s public school districts.
House Study Bill 712 passed the Iowa House Education Committee...
Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday allowing state agencies to hire private auditors to complete statutorily required audits to combat a shortage of Certified Public Accountants,...
Iowa lawmakers advanced two separate, but similar proposals Wednesday to overhaul several state boards and commissions. Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds initially proposed the overhaul as part of...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds's proposal to revamp the state’s reading education program was advanced out of an Iowa Senate Education Committee panel on the bill Tuesday, 2-1, with Iowa Sen. Herman Quirmbach,...
Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Tuesday that would allow felons to run for federal office to prevent former President Donald Trump, who faces 91 felony counts in four separate criminal indictments,...
While fresh fruit might be a household staple for many, it’s sometimes out of Mandi Remington’s budget. The single mom of three and current candidate for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors...
Chanting from a raucous, boisterous crowd of protestors filled the Iowa Capitol on Monday as LGBTQ+ Iowans protested a bill that would define “man” and “woman” in Iowa code and require changes...
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
• February 12, 2024
Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill that would allow teachers to be armed on school grounds after a panel of Iowa lawmakers heard testimony on the bill on Monday.
House Study Bill 675 addresses school...
A panel of Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill Monday that would allow the legal sale of over-the-counter birth control.
The bill, House Study Bill 642, was introduced by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to prevent...
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
• February 12, 2024
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill Monday to alter diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements at Iowa Board of Regents-controlled universities.
House File 2327, introduced last week, would codify...