Articles Tagged: Iowa House

Union workers from across Iowa gathered at the State Capitol Monday to protest proposals loosening state child labor laws.

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.

Republican state lawmakers continued to advance bills opponents say target and discriminate against Iowa’s LGBTQ community.

New proposals also include storing ballot records and allowing cross-county challenges to voter registration.

Local elections officials expressed some support for the proposal, which comes after multiple recounts in Iowa’s recent election cycles.

Another bill would allow adults to have guns in vehicles on school grounds.

A hearing Monday on Iowa school districts’ processes for reviewing and removing school library books and materials some parents and community members deem obscene devolved into testy exchanges between Democrats and Republicans

Also, Gov. Reynolds says she will sign into law the caps on medical malpractice jury awards

Iowa law enforcement officials would be prohibited from enforcing federal gun laws and regulations, and state agencies could be fined up to $50,000 for violations

Iowa lawmakers once again are moving forward a bill that would restrict the ability of cities to use traffic enforcement cameras along state interstates and highways.

The proposal comes from the head of the state’s veterans affairs department after a trust fund for veterans’ emergency expenses ran out of available money last year

Iowa’s state transportation commission would be required to prioritize making Highway 30 four lanes under a bill advanced Monday.

The bill, expected to be signed into law, would cap non-economic damages at $2 million for hospitals and $1 million for doctors.

Unlike the public ceremony that marked Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signing of a private school funding bill last month, the bill that increases funding to Iowa’s public schools was signed in private on Tuesday.

Iowa lawmakers continue to advance a proposal to fix a state error that's left property taxpayers on the hook for higher bills than expected, but could leave local governments short millions .