The program is projected to spend roughly $315 million annually in state funding to roughly $7,600 annual scholarships for, eventually, any Iowa student to put toward private school tuition and other education-related expenses.
Statehouse Republicans advance legislation that would add more restrictions and requirements to public assistance programs.
Republicans also were expected to move a ban on gender-affirming health care
Also, Republicans advanced a proposal to add more job search requirements for Iowans receiving unemployment benefits
Union workers from across Iowa gathered at the State Capitol Monday to protest proposals loosening state child labor laws.
In voting down the bill, Sen. Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, cast doubt on the likelihood of any bill restricting eminent domain powers for pipelines making it out of the Iowa Legislature this session.
Also: Four Iowa City parks will get various improvements later this year.
ATLANTA (AP) — As the 2024 campaign season begins, political players are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back.
Iowa now is considering selling more than 4,000 acres of farmland surrounding Iowa prisons and other residential treatment facilities for an estimated $32.7 million. About one-third of the land a consultant recommended Iowa sell is near the Anamosa prison, and likely includes a farm on the National Register of Historic Places.
The state paid a Virginia-based consulting firm nearly $1 million to interview state officials and make recommendations, which are now in Reynolds’ 1,600-page bill.
Iowa House CO2 pipeline bill andlimits on gender identity teaching are likely to clear ‘funnel.’
The state revenue department is working with the Iowans and getting them their proper refunds, an agency spokesman says.
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