Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a ‘continuum of care’ that incentivizes preschools and child care centers to work together, while House Democrats have proposed expanding child care assistance funding and tax credits
Also, Iowa House Republicans advanced a series of bills addressing carbon capture pipelines and landowner rights
The legislation would work to address the shortage of physicians -- especially in rural areas of the state -- by consolidating and boosting funding in doctors’ loan repayment programs and increasing the number of medical residencies in Iowa
Health care providers in Iowa would be required to tell patients that it may be possible to reverse the effects of a medication abortion, something reproductive rights advocates and medical groups say is not supported by science.
Children would need permission from a parent or guardian to possess an online social media account under a bill that received bipartisan support Tuesday from an Iowa House committee.
Several excavation companies are scrambling to find other work and have laid off employees because a federal funding freeze recently halted 11 mine reclamation projects.
As Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would repeal civil rights protections for transgender Iowans, demonstrators gathered Monday outside of a committee room and spilled into the Iowa Capitol rotunda in a raucous protest that led to two arrests
Also, Iowa Senate Republicans advanced legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion positions and programs in local government
Under a proposed budget reviewed Monday, the City of Cedar Rapids would raise property taxes 19 cents per $1,000 of taxable valuation, or about $54 per year on a home valued at $200,000.
While hundreds of protesters chanted and yelled in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda Monday morning, House Republicans advanced legislation that would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act in an unprecedented move to repeal civil rights protections for transgender Iowans that have been in place for nearly two decades.
In-person early voting for the special election to fill a vacancy on the Iowa City Council is available at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office.
Also, Linn County supervisors elect new chair, vice chair ahead of resignation
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