With a slate of newly-confirmed regents on the nine-member board tasked with governing Iowa’s three public universities, President Sherry Bates this week doled out regent assignments to the board’s seven committees.
After her child care bill did not pass the Iowa Legislature, Reynolds on Tuesday announced her plan to create programs and a private donation-infused fund to create a daylong continuum of care for 4-year-olds and boost child care workers’ wages
The state is seeking to restrict any food or beverage that qualifies for the state sales tax from purchase with SNAP. That list includes garden seeds, candy, gum, soft drinks and certain granola bars among other items.
At least six Iowa cities have them: Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Iowa City, University Heights, Dubuque and Ames. The law takes effect Aug. 16.
The Republican governor pushed most — but not all — her priorities across the finish line.
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But the state must allow nonmandatory programs like LGBTQ student groups.
After three years of failures, Iowa lawmakers late Wednesday reached an agreement on how to spend tens of millions of dollars that have been sitting idle in a state account, waiting to be used for the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction.
Unemployment taxes and benefits, opioid addiction treatment funds and a new, state family paid leave program marked a long final legislative day as Iowa lawmakers concluded their work for 2025 early Thursday morning.
Iowa legislators on Wednesday evening were on their way to finishing their work and adjourning the 2025 session of the Iowa Legislature
Iowa Medicaid would no longer cover surgical procedures and hormone therapy related to treating Iowans with gender dysphoria under a Republican-back bill on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her expected signature.
An Iowa lawmaker says state investigators monitored mobile devices at the Iowa Capitol as they tested geofencing software before it was used to pinpoint online sports wagering by student-athletes on Iowa campuses.
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