Republicans celebrate ‘great day,’ while Democrats see missed opportunities
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Not only have Iowa lawmakers rejected a Board of Regents request to restore the $8 million they cut last summer in response to COVID-19, the Republican-led Senate this week approved a $1 billion education budget that excludes any funding increase at all for Iowa’s public universities.
DES MOINES — The GOP-controlled House continued taking steps toward wrapping up its 2021 session as it worked through the …
the Republican-led Iowa Senate on Monday approved legislation that would boost support for law enforcement and increase punishments for individuals convicted of rioting.
Mike Marshall, executive director of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, said Monday that he has requested more information from Heritage Action after a leaked video showed the group’s director claiming the organization helped Iowa lawmakers draft legislation that constrained early voting.
“Iowans deserve to know who is writing their laws, and we will immediately be filing open records requests to get to the bottom of this,” said Matt Sinovic, executive director of Progress Iowa.
Iowa has joined more than a dozen other states in eliminating the statute of limitations for several child sex abuse crimes.
Legislative Democrats say it’s unfortunate they’ve been frozen out of end-of-session negotiations because there are some elements of Republican plans they could support.
DES MOINES — Majority Republican legislators have voted to punish communities that reduce law enforcement funding, but Senate Democrats warned …
Laws allow parents to teach driver’s ed to their children, school districts to end voluntary diversity programs and Iowans to get alcoholic beverages delivered to their homes.
Bill manager says the proposal is the only path forward to end Iowa’s legislative session.
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