Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law on Thursday that increases the state’s public education budget for fiscal year 2023 by 2.5 percent per pupil.
House File 2316 is the first bill...
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks was named ranking member of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee on Wednesday.
“As a former University of Iowa faculty member I am honored...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 17, 2022
Bills that would prevent transgender students from competing on the team of their gender identity passed out of the House and Senate Education committees this week.
House File 2309 requires K-12...
After the four year anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is continuing to push for his legislation, which he says will prevent such gun...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 16, 2022
With nine months until the 2022 midterm elections, candidates are amping up their campaigning in Iowa City. Adam Zabner, Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 90, met with the University Democrats...
The Iowa House of Representatives passed an income tax reform bill that looks to change the state income tax to a flat rate of 4 percent by 2026.
The legislation, introduced by Rep. Lee Hein, R-Jones,...
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A bill proposed in the Iowa Legislature, requiring teachers to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, has flustered some education advocacy group leaders, parents, and school board members.
Shawn...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 9, 2022
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said, during a press call on Wednesday, that the people who broke into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection should be prosecuted.
“People that break the...
Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, announced his reelection campaign for Senate District 43 on Wednesday.
Wahls was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018 and was elected...
Democratic Senate candidate and former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer announced endorsements from Iowa City political figures on Tuesday.
Local elected officials Iowa City Mayor Pro Tem Megan Alter,...
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