Articles Tagged: Iowa House

A subcommittee of Iowa House lawmakers this week advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ wide-ranging health care bill.

Iowans affected by crashes involving commercial truck drivers pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to abandon a bill that shields trucking companies from liability in some cases.

It would be the second-largest increase since Republicans regained a portion of the state lawmaking process in 2011.

A Republican state lawmaker alleges some schools are ignoring the 2021 state law.

Iowa coaches would be required to receive training once every five years instead annually on how to identifying and respond to a student-athlete with a suspected concussion under House bill.

Advocates say the myriad bills are harmful to LGBTQ youth; supporters say some topics should not be discussed in public schools.

Freight trains have been getting longer — nearly 3 miles in some cases. But railroads say it’s up to the federal -- not state -- government to decide.

A group of 26 Republican lawmakers wants Iowa’s public universities to explain themselves and their teacher training curriculum by defining a long list of terms plucked from course descriptions — like “compulsory heterosexuality,” “critical media literacy” and “equitable science teaching.”

Iowa voters would have the potential to recall an elected official under a proposed amendment that advanced in the Iowa Senate Tuesday.

Iowa House lawmakers advanced legislation supporters say could provide a financial lifeline to Iowa’s small, rural hospitals that face closure.

A tenure ban is shelved again, but more reviews of faculty may be proposed.

Nine Republicans in the House and three in the Senate broke with the majority party to oppose the measure, which will cost $345 million annually when fully implemented.

Educators say the legislation would restrict the school infrastructure projects.

The House was considered the final potential stumbling block for the proposal; the bill passed both the House and Senate by early Tuesday.

Iowa lawmakers could begin debating as early as Monday the proposal to