WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court may not carve out a place for federal courts to resolve the partisan drawing of election districts, but Iowa’s congressional Democrats have taken action to preserve Iowa’s...
The Iowa Senate on March 26 moved to pass a concurrent resolution urging Congress to limit certain student-loan interest rates to no more than 2 percentage points higher than the current prime interest...
President Trump declared a major disaster Saturday for 56 counties in Iowa due to flooding that began March 12 near the Missouri river and in other parts of the state.
The declaration, which allows...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds joined Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday to visit those affected by major flooding in Nebraska. Western Iowa counties were also hit hard by the flooding.
Reynolds issued a...
Update 4/8: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF 304 into law Monday following unanimous passage through both chambers of the Iowa Legislature. It was introduced in mid-February, passed the Senate on March...
A bill addressing free speech on college campuses passed the Iowa House on Thursday afternoon on a 52-44 vote.
The bill would designate most outdoor areas of community colleges and state universities...
The Iowa Senate passed a proposal Tuesday to change the processes of the judicial nominating commission for Iowa supreme court justices, which would reduce the power of attorneys in favor of legislative...
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a new application Tuesday with which Iowans convicted of felonies can apply to restore their voting rights.
The new form no longer requires a $15 application fee,...
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. Â 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...
