Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

Bill spurred by Davenport events also requires training for public officials.

Iowa’s funding for K-12 schools would increase by $147 million under a bill Iowa Republicans passed out of the House on Thursday.

Parents of students with disabilities, superintendents and educators had another chance to weigh in on a bill to change the funding and oversight structure of Iowa’s area education agencies during an Iowa House public hearing Wednesday

Republicans say religious freedom has been weakened by court decisions; Democrats say bill would give individuals license to discriminate

The state has $26.8 million in funds from settlements from cases against major opioid manufacturers and retailers, and it’s expected to receive around $144 million over the next several years. Lawmakers’ proposed bills would govern how those funds are spent.

Bills on education, gender and driving among those clearing first deadline.

But the The Iowa Senate was expected to advance Reynolds’ original proposal, with an amendment.

Senate goes with governor’s plan, House offers more modest cuts

A fiery exchange prompted Iowa House Democrats to walk out Tuesday of a House subcommittee meeting on a bill to make changes to the state’s election procedures and limit eligibility challenges for federal candidates — including to Donald Trump.

The bill, which advanced out of a Senate subcommittee on Monday, would apply to people on state-regulated health insurance plans, including people with private health insurance and state-provided Medicaid. Uninsured Iowans would not be covered by the bill.

In her Condition of the State address in January, Reynolds said there is “little coordination” between the differing districts now, causing problems for Iowans seeking treatment for both. “Over 25 percent of adults with serious mental health challenges also suffer from substance use,” she told lawmakers.

The bill would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to regulate sale and distribution and set a maximum potency limit for products derived from hemp. It would also ban the use of consumable hemp products by people under age 21 and impose criminal penalties on people and businesses that sell or give those products to minors.

Candidates for city and school board elections would appear on the ballot with party labels under a bill Iowa Republican lawmakers advanced out of a subcommittee on Tuesday.

Republican Rep. Skyler Wheeler of Hull, chair of the House Education Committee, made his comments in a Facebook post published the day after legislators heard from dozens of Iowans about how the bill would affect students, families and educators.

They’re backing Texas governor’s order to install barbed wire