Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

The proposal, which is estimated to cost Iowa taxpayers more than $100 million in its first year, could be in subcommittee hearings in the next week.

Brenna Bird is Iowa’s first Republican attorney general since 1979. She brings a heavy focus on crime and victim services, as well as making good on promises to sue the Biden administration.

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

Rural schools, like North Iowa’s Forest City, fear it will sap what they already see as inadequate funding.

Democrats remain in the minority in the upcoming legislative session, having lost seats in both the House and Senate in the 2022 election, with Republicans gaining a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate.

Bird, who defeated Democrat Tom Miller in November, is the first Republican to hold the office since 1979.

Democrat points to College Savings, IPERS, Treasure Hunt as points of pride.

As of November, the number of cardholders in Iowa’s program stood at 14,466, close to double the 7,865 enrolled patients in December 2021, according to a new report from the Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board, which administers the program.

As Congress scrambles to pass a government funding bill by the end of the week, Iowa’s congressional delegation is weighing votes on the last major piece of legislation before the new year.

The Water Resource and Development Act, reauthorized every two years, provides a framework for projects and studies done by the Army Corps of Engineers. The act deals with construction and maintenance of ports, waterways, locks and dams.

State officials certify vote in 3 Iowa House districts

Iowa-based interest groups made their pitches for state budget priorities in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ budget proposal in a hearing on Thursday.

Advocates for people with autism and Alzheimer’s disease said the legislation funds vital tools to help locate missing people.

Summit, as well as representatives for CO2 pipeline companies Wolf Carbon Solutions and Navigator CO2 ventures, argued the materials, which the Iowa Utilities Board requested in July, were preempted by federal law.

Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican, defended her vote for the Respect for Marriage Act as a growing list of local Republican Party groups have condemned her decision.