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Iowa House passes bill to increase penalties for killing ‘unborn person’

Iowans could face more jail time for ending a pregnancy without consent under a bill passed on Thursday by Iowa House...

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2 months ago
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Iowa House passes bill to make ‘smuggling’ undocumented immigrants a new crime

Iowans could now see jail time for human “smuggling,” a new crime created under a bill passed on Thursday by Iowa Hou...

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2 months ago
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds shifts support to former President Donald Trump

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds shifted her support to former President Donald Trump in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter...

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3 months ago
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Nikki Haley drops presidential campaign

Nikki Haley suspended her campaign Wednesday morning after significant losses on Super Tuesday. Haley gained 89 deleg...

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3 months ago
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Iowa House passes bill to allow felons to run for federal office

A bill to allow felons to run for federal office passed the Iowa House on Tuesday. The bill would carve out an except...

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3 months ago
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Joe Biden crowned winner in Iowa Democratic caucuses

Democratic Incumbent President Joe Biden took the crown in Tuesday’s Iowa Democratic caucuses, according to unofficia...

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3 months ago
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Iowa’s federal delegation honors Caitlin Clark’s new record

Several members of Iowa’s federal delegation will introduce a resolution Tuesday to congratulate University of Iowa w...

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3 months ago
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UI Lecture Committee to host Chasten Buttigieg

The University of Iowa Lecture Committee is set to host New York Times Best Selling Author Chasten Buttigieg. Chasten...

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3 months ago
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Iowa Poll finds majority of Iowans support Area Education Agencies

A new edition of The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found that the majority of Iowans support Iowa’s Area Edu...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa House lawmakers advance amended teacher pay proposal

A bill to raise teacher starting pay advanced out of the Iowa House budget committee Wednesday with an amendment. Hou...

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3 months ago
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Iowa YAF brings Vince Everett Ellison to IMU, protesters raise money for reproductive health care

As Iowa lawmakers consider legislation to codify the Iowa Board of Regents’ efforts to reduce the number of diversity...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate passes bill to regulate packaging for meat alternatives

Under a bill unanimously approved by Iowa Senate lawmakers on Tuesday, manufacturers and restaurants with plant-based...

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3 months ago
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‘Meet Baby Olivia’ could be coming to Iowa schools under Iowa House bill

Under a bill passed in the Iowa House on Wednesday, sex education classrooms across the state could soon show a video...

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3 months ago
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Iowa House debates educational quality, standards late Wednesday night

After a lengthy debate on the floor of the Iowa House, lawmakers approved a bill on party lines late Wednesday night ...

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3 months ago
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Iowa House Republicans approve bill to arm teachers

After a more than hour-long, heated debate on a proposal to provide licensing and training for school staff who want ...

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3 months ago
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Higher education overhaul passes Iowa House

Iowa House lawmakers voted Thursday to eliminate all “non-essential” diversity, equity, and inclusion staff in Iowa’s...

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3 months ago
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Religious freedom bill on its way to governor’s desk

After more than an hour of debate Thursday, Iowa House lawmakers passed a bill that supporters say would expand prote...

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3 months ago
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Iowa Republicans plan to reform Area Education Agencies passes House vote

After killing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to reform Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies earlier this session, Iowa H...

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3 months ago
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Iowa House names Feb. 22 ‘Caitlin Clark Day’

The Iowa House is feeling the Caitlin Clark fever. On Thursday, the Iowa House unanimously voted to designate Feb. 22...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa House Republicans approved 3 percent increase in school funding

Iowa House Republicans passed a bill Thursday to allow 3 percent of growth in supplemental state aid to public school...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate passes bill to expand postpartum medicaid services

Under a bill approved by the Iowa Senate Monday 1,700 mothers and babies would lose access to post-birth care. The bi...

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3 months ago
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Iowans speak on House Area Education Agency reform

Iowa lawmakers heard from dozens of Iowans on their proposal to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies on Wednesday....

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3 months ago
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Death penalty, library bill among bills nixed by funnel deadline

A bill to reinstate the death penalty for killing a peace officer and a bill to allow city councils to override publi...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate Republicans approve ‘religious freedom’ bill

After an hours-long, heated, debate Iowa Senate Republicans passed a bill, which supporters say would expand protecti...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate lawmakers advance bill creating state legal vape registry

A bill to create a registry of all legal vape products in the state advanced out of a Senate Ways and Means subcommit...

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3 months ago
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Senate lawmakers pass bill to ‘swiftly’ end ‘bad blood’ ticket hoarding

Iowa Senate Lawmakers vowed to make it a “cruel summer” for “bad blood” ticket hoarders after unanimously approving a...

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3 months ago
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Governor’s legislative priorities dominate funnel week

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislative priorities all survived the first major legislative deadline in one form or anoth...

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3 months ago
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Reynolds’ income tax cut advances in Senate

Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to accelerate cuts to the state income tax on Monday....

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa lawmakers advance supplemental state aid proposal

Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Thursday to allow 3 percent of growth in Supplemental State Aid to Iowa’s publ...

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3 months ago
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Iowa House Area Education Agency overhaul advances

Iowa House lawmakers’ new plan to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies advanced out of the Iowa House Education Co...

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3 months ago
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Iowa lawmakers advance Governor’s cuts to boards and commissions, mergers

Iowa lawmakers advanced two separate, but similar proposals Wednesday to overhaul several state boards and commission...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate Republicans advance bill to allow state departments to hire priva...

Iowa lawmakers advanced two separate, but similar proposals Wednesday to overhaul several state boards and commission...

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3 months ago
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds rejects summer food program as local resources strain

While fresh fruit might be a household staple for many, it’s out of Mandi Remington’s budget. The single mom of three...

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3 months ago
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Politics Notebook | Iowa House Lawmakers advance bill to allow felons to run for president

Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Tuesday that would allow felons to run for federal office to prevent former Pr...

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3 months ago
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Iowa lawmakers advance governor’s K-12 teacher reading literacy bill

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s proposal to revamp the state’s reading education program was advanced out of an Iowa Senate ...

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3 months ago
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Iowans speak on bill to define ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in Iowa code

Chanting from a raucous, boisterous crowd of protestors filled the Iowa Capitol on Monday as LGBTQ+ Iowans protested ...

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3 months ago
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Iowa lawmakers advance Reynolds’ proposal to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to expand Medicaid coverage for mothers and newborns gathered mixed responses from m...

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3 months ago
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Iowa lawmakers quickly advance Gov. Reynolds’ bill defining men, women

Iowa lawmakers quickly advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s bill to legally define “men” and “women” in Iowa law on Tues...

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4 months ago
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Iowa House Democrats unveil plan to raise minimum wage by 2026

Iowa House Democrats released a series of four bills on Thursday aimed at bolstering wages and cutting costs for Iowa...

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