Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Exposing minors to drag shows would be a felony under a proposed bill in the Iowa Legislature that critics say is overly broad and could potentially target artistic performances.

Just like bars and restaurants in the state, smoking would be prohibited inside Iowa casinos under legislation that took a step forward Tuesday.

A form of cyberbullying, doxxing involves posting private or personal identifiable information online about another person — such as a home address, phone number, Social Security number or other identifiers — for the purposes of harassing, intimidating, embarrassing or otherwise harming the person.

In voicing support for a legislative proposal to establish a new School of Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa -- with a bill that started in the House now bolstered by a companion bill in the Senate -- a tenured UI professor cited research revealing extreme political bias across top-ranked American colleges and universities, including in Iowa.

Republican lawmakers’ efforts to protect children from books and material they view as obscene would extend beyond schools to all public libraries under a proposal advanced Monday. Opponents say Iowa law already includes a test that determines whether books and other materials are obscene.

Iowa has the fastest-growing rate of new cancers and ranks second-highest in cancer rates compared with other states. That has caught the attention of some Iowa lawmakers, who are aiming to address the problem with proposed legislation.

Iowa’s community colleges for 60 years have innovatively and persistently pursued a Legislature-levied mission to provide educational opportunities, workforce training, and community enrichment through two-year associate degrees, one-year certificates, and other continuing or high school-level academic programming.

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Iowa lawmakers look into ways to prevent rural ‘food deserts’

This week on the podcast, Iowa’s version of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law is back in the courts and the Legislature, Middle East tensions come to the Iowa Capitol, and Gov. Kim Reynolds talks DOGE and Lutheran Services.

The general state funding increase would be the lowest in at least five years; Republicans say the proposals are sustainable, while Democrats say they are woefully inadequate

Also, House Republicans advanced a bill that would require citizenship information on Iowa driver’s licenses

GOP lawmakers reject amendments offered by Democrats condemning white nationalists pardoned by Trump

Religious leaders raise concerns of promoting Christian nationalism

House advances proposal that would expand ban to all grades