The Iowa Senate on Monday afternoon passed a bill addressing free-speech rights on college campuses on a 35-11 vote. Under Senate File 274, public higher-education institutions could no longer designate...

Buildings on Iowa’s three university campuses may be off-limits for future satellite voting locations under a proposal in the Iowa Senate, which cleared a key legislative deadline Thursday. Some counties...

The first round of bills have been sifted through committees in the Iowa Legislature.  The surviving bills are one step closer to becoming law in Iowa, from expanding the CBD program to dispensing birth...

The Iowa House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday to amend the Iowa Constitution to allow felons who have fulfilled their sentence to vote. The proposal, which passed in...

An Iowa Republican Party official will be the newest member of the state Board of Regents later this spring, maintaining the majority-Republican political balance of the nine-member governing board of...

  Sports fans in Iowa may be able to bet on college and professional sports after this legislative session. Two proposals to legalize and regulate gambling on athletics in Iowa will stay alive...

Iowa is slightly less than a year away from its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, and Democratic candidates have begun making campaign stops across the state — more often than not at small,...

Iowa City schools are facing budget cuts despite the recent 2.06 percent increase in state funding allocated to K-12 schools across Iowa. However the growth in funds is making the difference between...

A bill providing for additional steps to prohibit employers from hiring undocumented immigrants is gaining momentum in the Iowa Legislature, passing a subcommittee Feb. 20. The measures could mandate...

Students and state legislators are moving to protect people experiencing an alcohol-related medical emergency from prosecution with bills in both chambers of the state Legislature. Such legislation would...

An Iowa City company seeks to bring new technology to the fields with automated drones, but employees would like Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to increase bandwidth in rural Iowa to help with connectivity. Automated...

Iowa City Community School District officials held a forum with Democratic state lawmakers on Friday, speaking on developments in K-12 education. The legislators discussed a number of bills recently...