Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Responding to demands from a state lawmaker and Iowa’s Human Society director – made last week after “disturbing” Capitol Hill testimony about “painful” research involving dogs – the University of Iowa reiterated its “unwavering commitment to the health and well-being of research animals.”

Also, Delhi Republican running as an independent for Congress.

Climbing Kites, a beverage manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, and Field Day Brewing Co., a North Liberty producer of the “Day Dreamers” line of cannabis-infused sparkling water, filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District against the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

State is asking the federal appeals court to lift an injunction on the 2023 Iowa law.

Set to go into effect July 1, the law would allow state and local officials to deport immigrants who previously were deported or entered the country illegally

Faced with the proliferation of hemp-derived THC, Iowa lawmakers passed new restrictions on the sale of consumable hemp products. In doing so, they limit parents who give their child CBD — for some, the only seizure drug that works.

History shows incumbent presidents with low approval ratings typically hurt down-ticket candidates

Half of the 50 seats in the Iowa Senate and all 100 Iowa House seats are up for election in November.

Also, Gov. Kim Reynolds issues storm disaster proclamation.

A new bipartisan law would regulate the technology

See who’s on the ballot, where and how you can vote

Levin, of Iowa City, faces a challenger in the Democratic primary. Ty Bopp also ran in 2022 but dropped out, and who has not filed any fundraising reports this year.

A study published by Brown and Princeton universities shows that kindergarten tuition at Iowa private schools went up by between 21 percent and 24 percent since the implementation of the state’s Education Savings Account program.

While some legislative primary elections are small, low-budget grassroots affairs, others have seen fundraising of tens of thousands of dollars, TV advertising and endorsements from prominent statewide groups.

This year, lawmakers passed, and Gov. Kim Reynolds signed, more than 180 new laws affecting policy areas such as education, taxes, agriculture and health care.