Articles Tagged: Iowa House

The general state funding increase would be the lowest in at least five years; Republicans say the proposals are sustainable, while Democrats say they are woefully inadequate

Also, House Republicans advanced a bill that would require citizenship information on Iowa driver’s licenses

GOP lawmakers reject amendments offered by Democrats condemning white nationalists pardoned by Trump

Iowa House lawmakers this week advanced several bills aimed at closing Iowa's growing shortage of physicians.

Republican lawmakers Wednesday advanced

Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa author Marilynne Robinson reacted to the use of her name last week by a researcher and writer for the conservative National Association of Scholars, who urged Iowa lawmakers to solve a “civic literacy crisis,” and pointed to Robinson as an Iowan who embodies “the civics education and civic literacy of times past.”

Committee chair thinks that’s ‘a major problem’

Also, a special election has been set to fill a vacant Iowa House seat after the death of a state lawmaker

Shortly after an analyst from a high-profile conservative policy group two weeks ago presented lawmakers with evidence that more than 20 programs across Iowa’s public universities have a negative “return on investment,” a member of the Board of Regents contacted her with questions.

Also, anti-Trump demonstrators stand on Capitol steps

Warning Iowa is suffering from a “crisis in civics literacy,” a representative from the National Association of Scholars on Wednesday urged lawmakers to reform public university general education requirements, establish autonomous civics schools on its university campuses, and ensure education accrediting bodies can’t block Iowa’s reform laws.

Proponent objects to Iowa permit given carbon capture pipeline

Iowa schools would be required to replace references to the Gulf of Mexico and the Alaskan peak Denali with references to the “Gulf of America” and “Mount McKinley,” respectively, in all classroom instruction and in all new handouts provided to students, under a bill advanced by Iowa lawmakers.

A year after lawmakers passed sweeping legislation banning diversity, equity, and inclusion spending across Iowa’s public universities, legislators are taking aim at DEI-related curricular requirements — and the Board of Regents is in support.

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the …