Law enforcement officials, advocates and grieving families of Iowans killed by distracted drivers packed a Senate committee room Wednesday to again implore lawmakers to ban motorists' handheld use of mobile devices behind the wheel.
A representative from the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research urged Iowa lawmakers Wednesday to get more involved in higher education -- including by changing Iowa Code to give the Legislature power to eliminate or add departments on its public university campuses.
The question was at the heart of a discussion about Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution to allow children to testify remotely
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Lawmakers advance legislation creating harsher penalties for assaults on corrections officers and sports officials
The law would require the state’s largest counties — and those with a regent university — to elect supervisors from districts
Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers are once again trying to push forward legislation that would disband citizen review boards that provide oversight of local law enforcement like the ones created in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Lobbyists for cities and traffic camera companies said the companies’ work is more efficient than government and ultimately saves taxpayers
On the podcast this week, the legislative session opens and Gov. Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address, state lawmakers consider a casino moratorium, and Joni Ernst has made up her mind on Pete Hegseth.
The legislation is similar to a law passed in Louisiana, which last year became the first U.S. state to permit judges to order surgical castration of sex offenders.
Watch a replay as Major General Stephen E. Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, delivers the annual address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.
A version of proposed updates to Iowa’s science education standards — omitting the phrases “climate change” and “biological evolution” — is not the version a 37-member “Iowa Department of Education Science Standards Revision Team” signed off on, members said during a public forum Wednesday.
Iowa lawmakers are expected to again consider a moratorium blocking the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission from awarding new gaming licenses in the state.
Watch Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivering the annual Condition of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature,
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal relies on excess from state reserve funds, as the state general fund is projected to take in just $8.7 billion
The governor, in her annual Condition of the State Address, also proposes $1 million to start new cancer research effort.
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