Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

Iowa’s Republican legislative leaders said before their session began in January they plan to wait for an Iowa Supreme Court decision on the state’s so-called fetal heartbeat law before moving forward with more restrictions.

Brenna Bird this week signs on to GOP letter from 200 Republican attorneys general to Walgreens and CVS

It’s more than what Iowa Senate and Kim Reynolds propose, but advocates say it’s not enough to keep up with inflation.

The bill would limit damages related to death, injuries and other non-economic damages to $1 million in lawsuits involving commercial vehicle companies.

Energy companies and landowners would be limited on where they can set up solar panel arrays under a bill advanced Monday in the Iowa Senate.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a sprawling bill dedicated to health care that includes a focus on strengthening rural health care and providing care to expecting and new parents.

Delivery of a drug resulting in a death would carry up to a 25-year sentence under a bill proposed by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird.

“For the first time, we’re funding students instead of a system,” the governor said. “We’re rejecting the idea that the answer to improving education is simply throwing more money into the same system.”

Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will take over as president of the World Food Prize Foundation, considered the preeminent award for global agriculture.

Nine Republicans in the House and three in the Senate broke with the majority party to oppose the measure, which will cost $345 million annually when fully implemented.

The House was considered the final potential stumbling block for the proposal; the bill passed both the House and Senate by early Tuesday.

Both private industry and the public sector struggle with finding people with the expertise to respond to the attacks.

If the bill passes through both chambers, it will go to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk to be signed into law. Next week is National School Choice Week, a week of advocacy and events focused on giving parents broader options in education.

Republican celebrates her 'bold and not beholden' decisions

Republican leaders laid out some priorities and called for ‘bold’ action Monday, the first day of the 2023 session of the Iowa Legislature.