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.
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.
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,...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 6, 2022
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Iowa agree that young people need more incentives to decide to settle down in the state.
At the beginning of the 2022 legislative session, legislative leaders...
Iowa Democrats unveiled what they’re calling the Fair Tax Plan, which Democratic leaders say will aim to bring money back into the pockets of working class Iowans.
“As we've said several times,...
Iowa will discontinue its coronavirus reporting website, as well as a website helping Iowans find vaccinations, and end its coronavirus public health disaster proclamation in mid-February, Iowa Gov....
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, toured a family farm in Johnson County on her 14th stop of her 99 County Tour. The senator emphasized the importance of family businesses in the state, and addressed other...
Iowa Senate Republicans are proposing cutting Iowa’s tax rates to a flat 3.6 percent over the next five years, scaling back the corporate tax rate, and eliminating the retirement income tax among...
Not all Iowa K-12 schools may be allowed to mandate masks, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, reversing a federal judge’s decision blocking a state law that prohibited mask mandates in schools....
Iowa City educators say rhetoric from Iowa lawmakers about material distributed in public schools is problematic and prevents constructive conversations on difficult topics.
Following the opening...
