DES MOINES – Majority GOP senators passed ‘back-the-blue” bills Wednesday to toughen protest-related penalties in the wake of last summer’s …
Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature
Government & Politics Mar. 10, 2021 5:04 pm1700d ago
DES MOINES – It almost was a clean sweep. The Iowa House approved 12 bills in less than an hour …
Government & Politics Mar. 10, 2021 4:45 pm1700d ago
DES MOINES – Senate Republicans indicated Wednesday they expect to forge ahead with broad-based tax reform yet this session despite …
Government & Politics Mar. 9, 2021 6:47 pm1701d ago
DES MOINES – Law officers no longer would be able to ticket a driver for not displaying a front license …
Government & Politics Mar. 9, 2021 6:45 pm1701d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House approved one of the GOP majority’s priority bills, the Workforce Child Care Facility Tax …
Government & Politics Mar. 9, 2021 5:17 pm1701d ago
DES MOINES – After learning that some sexual abuse victims were expected to pay the cost of processing evidence kits, …
Government & Politics Mar. 8, 2021 7:50 pm1702d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate passed legislation Monday intended to strengthen ‘qualified immunity” for law enforcement officers who take …
Government & Politics Mar. 8, 2021 7:49 pm1702d ago
DES MOINES – They may not have been the stuff of campaign flyers, but the Iowa House approved – mostly …
Government & Politics Mar. 8, 2021 7:09 pm1702d ago
DES MOINES – After heated debate that stretched beyond the bill at hand to issues of tenure, incidents of censorship, …
Education Mar. 8, 2021 11:12 am1702d ago
The same day the Iowa Legislature kept alive proposals to end faculty tenure across its public universities, nearly 30 national …
Crime & Courts Mar. 5, 2021 7:30 am1705d ago
Both chambers of the Iowa Legislature recently passed a bill backed by the Iowa Department of Corrections to clarify who …
Government & Politics Mar. 5, 2021 10:10 am1705d ago
Here’s how some issues have fared so far this session in the Iowa Legislature: Alive after first funnel • Boost …
Government & Politics Mar. 5, 2021 9:11 am1705d ago
DES MOINES — Legislation seeking to reinstate a limited death penalty, repeal the state’s bottle deposit law and require young …
Government & Politics Mar. 3, 2021 8:09 pm1707d ago
DES MOINES – Measures seeking to bolster gun rights, provide tougher ‘back the blue” law enforcement protections and lower the …
Government & Politics Mar. 3, 2021 6:00 pm1707d ago
DES MOINES – Iowans will not have to pay state income taxes on the temporary federal unemployment compensation they received …

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