Articles Tagged: Capitol Notebook

Also, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said she has no update on her review of a state policy to reimburse sexual assault victims for contraception.

Also, more of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ appointments to state boards and commissions received tepid approval from state lawmakers

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird had joined the legal effort to halt the federal rule

Personal information of more than 20,000 Iowa Medicaid members was compromised in a data breach of a state contractor last year, the Iowa Health and Human Services Department announced Tuesday.

Majority-party Republicans on the Iowa Senate’s budget committee on Monday advanced four bills that were, effectively, mere placeholders with no actual budget numbers in them.

The legislation that has stalled in previous years appears to have more momentum this session.

Also, Senate passes bill to change SNAP and Medicaid eligibility

Also, House Speaker Grassley says further state income tax reductions not likely this year

State lawmakers debated what kind of impact the proposal would have on government services, including education.

Also, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sweeping state government realignment proposal moved one step closer to law.

Iowa schools would have fewer requirements on what they teach and how they provide instruction under a bill the Iowa Senate passed Tuesday.

The three-member commission for the blind had been down to just one after one member retired and another passed away.

Also, a proposed bill would require school administrators to teach a class

Also, Republicans advanced a proposal to add more job search requirements for Iowans receiving unemployment benefits

Also, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sweeping state government reorganization bill passed out of a Senate committee