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the Republican-led Iowa Senate on Monday approved legislation that would boost support for law enforcement and increase punishments for individuals convicted of rioting.

Mike Marshall, executive director of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, said Monday that he has requested more information from Heritage Action after a leaked video showed the group’s director claiming the organization helped Iowa lawmakers draft legislation that constrained early voting.

Iowans who want them can get them. Is that enough?

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Advocates call Iowa governor’s proposal ‘hurtful’

She comes at the issue from a singular vantage point

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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, has introduced legislation aimed at reducing sexual assault in the military that …

Governor mentions colleges, farmers markets

But another of the governor’s priorities -- increasing ethanol -- likely will have to wait

House and Senate GOP diverge on tax policy

JOHNSTON — Rob Sand, the Democratic Iowa state auditor, said Friday he is considering three options for next year’s elections: …

He and Gov. Kim Reynolds hope to persuade hold outs to act amid signs of softening demand

State officials react to guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd murder

Nebraska and Wisconsin cases raise concerns