Advocates hope the Iowa Legislature will continue to focus on ways to provide more care and aid.
Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature
Business News Aug. 9, 2021 6:00 am1549d ago
The state will mix state and federal money to build out broadband to rural areas
Government & Politics Aug. 8, 2021 9:08 am1550d ago
After a law change, the Iowa DOT sees huge percentage increase in interest from parents who want to to teach their children’s driver’s education, but the overall numbers are still small.
Government & Politics Aug. 3, 2021 5:40 pm1554d ago
July sees big drop after fiscal 2021 high
Government & Politics Jul. 29, 2021 7:09 pm1559d ago
Republican Party of Iowa calls efforts by state Sen. Liz Mathis to convince her colleagues to support the tax break for a client that paid her husband’s firm nearly $150,000 “self-serving” and “shady, to say the least.”
By Erin Murphy, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau, Andrew Wind, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, and Anthony Watt, Quad City Times
Education Jul. 19, 2021 6:00 am1570d ago
Law struck down diversity plans that would allow district to deny transfers if that would affect the district’s diversity.
By Karen Uhlenhuth - Energy News Network
Energy Jul. 9, 2021 6:00 am1580d ago
In 2018, Iowa lawmakers passed a bill that critics at the time warned would “eviscerate” energy saving programs in the state.
Government & Politics Jul. 1, 2021 10:48 pm1587d ago
Double-digit bounce after pandemic pause
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 4, 2021 2:17 pm1584d ago
Her decision leads Sami Scheetz to withdraw and announce his bid in Bennett’s House 65 district in southeast Cedar Rapids
Health Care and Medicine Jun. 30, 2021 1:30 pm1588d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court issued a 6-1 ruling upholding a 2019 state law that blocks Planned Parenthood from receiving federal grants to offer sex education and other related services.
Campaigns & Elections Jun. 29, 2021 3:13 pm1589d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A third Democrat is looking at jumping into an open-seat race in an Iowa Senate District in …
Government & Politics Jun. 28, 2021 7:00 am1591d ago
Former Cedar Rapids teacher is inducted into Iowa Democratic Hall of Fame.
News Jun. 28, 2021 6:30 am1591d ago
This is the sixth time Iowa has provided public funds to expand its broadband infrastructure. The dollar amount is high — twice the size of the next largest round — and a new method of assessing need means a larger area will be eligible for improvements.
Health Care and Medicine Jun. 22, 2021 5:34 pm1596d ago
District Court Judge Mitchell Turner issued a ruling that declared the 2020 law unconstitutional. Abortion rights advocates had asserted it placed an undue burden on women seeking the medical procedure.
State Government Jun. 21, 2021 6:45 am1598d ago
Iowa consumers collected $57.1 million in deposits from returned containers and “lost” $32.3 million on containers that were not recycled, a 2018 report showed.

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