State officials have denied a request by the Satanic Temple of Iowa to hold a holiday event in the state capitol rotunda after rejecting a similar request last year.
Articles Tagged: Free speech
Staff Columnists Sep. 21, 2025 5:00 am74d ago
Hate on your screen can lead to trouble unforeseen
Staff Columnists Sep. 14, 2025 5:00 am81d ago
We all know that the more prominent the politician, the more security is needed to ensure their safety — and …
Government & Politics Apr. 9, 2025 8:11 am239d ago
A rural Iowa county's effort to silence a frequent critic — by threatening a lawsuit against a retired school nurse — might have backfired.
State Government Feb. 19, 2025 7:39 am288d ago
Also, statehouse Republicans have proposed legislation banning abortion medication
State Government Jan. 8, 2025 7:40 am330d ago
A Chicago-based nonprofit law firm has filed a new lawsuit on behalf of subscribes to the Des Moines Register over a final pre-election poll that predicted Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in Iowa.
Higher Ed Nov. 12, 2024 10:16 am387d ago
“University teachers shall be entitled to academic freedom in the classroom in discussing the teachers’ course subject, but shall not introduce into the teaching controversial matters that have no relation to the subject.”
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State Government Aug. 23, 2024 1:56 pm468d ago
Also, Iowa announces first West Nile virus case for 2024
State Government May. 2, 2024 7:35 am581d ago
A pro-Palestine protest is planned for the University of Iowa from 12-7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A social media post states the protest will not be an encampment, which a campus public safety official said would violate school policy.
State Government Dec. 30, 2023 6:06 pm705d ago
Most of the new state law is temporarily blocked while the federal courts hear legal challenges that claim it violates First Amendment rights to free speech
State Government Sep. 2, 2023 5:30 am824d ago
Florida-based Liberty Counsel is in process of reviewing both local ordinances to see about challenging them.
Higher Ed Jul. 27, 2022 3:57 pm1226d ago
Before Iowa’s Board of Regents on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for Iowa State University this fall to launch a new bachelor of science in climate science degree, regent Nancy Boettger warned administrators to keep “freedom of speech” in mind.
Higher Ed Feb. 24, 2022 2:42 pm1379d ago
A quarter of students across Iowa’s public universities who responded to a free-speech survey in the fall disagreed with the notion their respective campuses provide an “environment for free and open expression of ideas, opinions, and beliefs.”
Higher Ed Feb. 2, 2022 6:07 pm1401d ago
As the Board of Regents this week debuts new free speech training for students, faculty and staff at Iowa’s public universities, a Des Moines-area attorney is saying they have “a lot of work to do” after how University of Iowa faculty handled a student who expressed his views on “homosexual conduct.”
Higher Ed Feb. 1, 2022 4:54 pm1402d ago
In line with a new state law and Board of Regents policy, Iowa’s public universities are rolling out a mandatory free speech training program Wednesday that all students, faculty and staff must complete by the end of the spring semester.

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