Iowa’s federal delegation was critical of Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border following his annual State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress...
Iowans could now see jail time for human “smuggling,” a new crime created under a bill passed on Thursday by Iowa House Republicans.
The bill, House File 2608, would make it a class “C”...
Iowans could face more jail time for ending a pregnancy without consent under a bill passed on Thursday by Iowa House Republicans. Democrats caution the bill could affect in vitro fertilization treatments.
The...
A bipartisan bill that would raise teacher pay and extend the deadline for Iowa school districts to submit their budgets to the state passed in the Iowa House Thursday.
House File 2630 would increase...
A bill to allow felons to run for federal office passed the Iowa House on Tuesday.
The bill would carve out an exception in Iowa law for former President Donald Trump, who currently faces 91 felony...
A new edition of The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found that the majority of Iowans support Iowa’s Area Education Agencies.
The poll comes as House lawmakers passed their proposal Thursday...
After killing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' plan to reform Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies earlier this session, Iowa House Republicans passed a House vote Thursday afternoon.
The bill, House...
After more than an hour of debate Thursday, Iowa House lawmakers passed a bill that supporters say would expand protections for religious freedom while those opposed say the bill could lead to discrimination.
The...
Iowa House lawmakers voted Thursday to eliminate all “non-essential” diversity, equity, and inclusion staff in Iowa’s three public universities and cap tuition increases at 3 percent.
The bill,...
After a more than hour-long, heated debate on a proposal to provide licensing and training for school staff who want to carry firearms for protection, the Iowa House approved the bill, 61-34, on Wednesday.
The...
After a lengthy debate on the floor of the Iowa House, lawmakers approved a bill on party lines late Wednesday night that would reform social studies education in K-12 schools by mandating curriculum.
The...
Under a bill passed in the Iowa House on Wednesday, sex education classrooms across the state could soon show a video, titled “Meet Baby Olivia,” on fetal development produced by the anti-abortion...
