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Also, Iowa Agriculture Secretary re-establishes advisory council eliminated by lawmakers

The new law introduced by U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson clarifies that public health agencies can use existing federal grant dollars earmarked for mothers and children for stillbirth prevention and research.

Lawmakers faced a Friday deadline for Iowa victims to have full access to the Boy Scouts settlement

Senate lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would lift Iowa’s statute of limitations on civil claims on sexual abuse to allow survivors of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America to take full advantage of bankruptcy proceedings against the organization.

Unless legislators take action this year to change Iowa law, the estimated roughly 300 to 350 Iowans involved in the settlement will receive a fraction of the awards they would be entitled to.

Iowa state and federal lawmakers — from both sides off the political aisle — were in Washington on Wednesday as part of separate efforts seeking to advance policies to expand access to affordable child care.

Democrats argue Republicans are intentionally underfunding education in Iowa, noting the state has a nearly $2 billion general fund budget surplus, full cash reserves and a Taxpayer Relief Fund projected to total nearly $3.4 billion by the end of next fiscal year.

Iowa repealed its statute of limitations on criminal charges last year, but kept limits on when victims can make civil claims

DES MOINES — Majority Republican legislators have voted to punish communities that reduce law enforcement funding, but Senate Democrats warned …