Students and educators fear that legislation addressing educational material in Iowa schools will ostracize LGBTQ+ students and students of color and discourage teachers from working in the...
Transgender women and girls are unable to compete in women’s and girls’ college and high school sports in Iowa under a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday.
The bill, HF 2416, passed...
The Iowa Senate passed a bill prohibiting transgender girls and women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity both in K-12 schools and Iowa’s public universities.
Republican...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds agreed with President Biden Tuesday night, saying the state of the union is good because of its people.
And, that was it. The rest of Reynold’s Republican response to Biden’s...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds took the national stage on Tuesday night to deliver the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. She criticized the Biden administration on...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that would eventually apply a flat tax rate of 3.9 percent for Iowa taxpayers into law on Tuesday.Â
“This bill rewards work, takes care of our farmers, and supports...
A bill that would prevent transgender women and girls from competing on teams matching their gender identity in Iowa’s public schools, colleges, and universities passed through the Iowa House on...
The majority party in Iowa is pushing for legislation limiting vaccine and mask requirements, as Iowa’s coronavirus public health disaster proclamation expired this month.
State Government Committee...
‘Funnel Week’ for the Iowa Legislature has come to a close with some controversial education bills advancing forward, among others.
As of Friday, policy bills that haven’t made it out of their...
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.Â
House File 2316 is the first bill...
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.Â
House File 2309 requires K-12...
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,...
