Iowa House Democrats released a series of four bills on Thursday aimed at bolstering wages and cutting costs for Iowans, a message they say will be key to gain electoral support in the upcoming election.
The...
Iowa legislators rejected a proposed bill that would have removed gender identity as a protected class under the Iowa Civil Rights Act during a hearing on Wednesday.
The bill would not only have...
Iowa House lawmakers tabled Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' proposal to overhaul Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies following a hearing on the bill Wednesday.
The two Republican lawmakers on the panel...
Advocates for Iowans experiencing homelessness say recent and proposed state policies that would reduce resources available for unhoused people threaten the growing population.
Amid an increase in people...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has doubled down on her proposal to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies despite concerns from Iowans that benefit from Iowa’s nine AEAs.Â
Reynolds pledged to amend...
Iowa Senate Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday to amend the Iowa state constitution guaranteeing reproductive freedom and access to abortion care. Restrictions of reproductive freedom imposed by the...
Speakers overwhelmingly opposed a proposed bill that would require citizenship or legal residency status verification for those seeking public assistance during a hearing on the bill Tuesday.
 A panel...
Michelle Elgin doesn’t know what she would have done without the services from the Grant Wood Area Education Agency in Cedar Rapids that her now-18-year-old son has relied on since he was six months...
A panel of Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill Monday requiring students to prove their U.S. citizenship to receive in-state tuition and fees despite protest from the lone Democrat on the panel and advocates...
A crowd of more than 150 people filed into the meeting room of the North Liberty Public Library during a legislative forum Sunday to discuss Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to reform the state’s Area...
Johnson County legislators discussed universal background checks, red flag laws, and safe gun storage at a public forum following the Perry School shooting earlier this month.Â
The League of Women...
According to enrollment data released by the Iowa Department of Education on Friday, 16,757 students used Iowa’s new Educational Savings Accounts to pay for private school during the current school...
