Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Iowa Republican legislators have been unable to agree on how to distribute more than $56 million, the state’s share of a national settlement with opioid manufacturers.

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the …

State Rep. Martin Graber, R-Fort Madison, died Friday morning of a heart attack at the age of 72, according to Iowa House Republicans.

Iowa school districts would be barred from taking disciplinary action against teachers who don’t use a student’s preferred name or pronouns under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.

This recap of the week in Iowa politics includes the special election to fill a vacant Iowa Senate seat, immigration, ticket bots and a casino moratorium.

Also, state lawmakers are once again considering changing Iowa’s legal K-12 school start date

The odds of Cedar Rapids finally getting a casino took a hit Thursday when state lawmakers advanced legislation that would prohibit any new casinos in Iowa for at least five years.

Iowa driver's licenses would list citizenship status under a bill aiming to home in on verifying voters' citizenship status at the polls.

Iowa cities, counties and school districts would be prohibited from using taxpayer funding to pay statehouse lobbyists under legislation considered in the Iowa Senate.

Hoping to shield Iowa’s public universities from potential backlash to policy changes enacted by lawmakers, Republicans pushed forward a bill that would allow them to sue private entities that review the quality of colleges.

The proposed bill would ban Iowa’s regents institutions from having general education curriculum that teaches “identity politics” or claims systemic racism, sexism, oppression or privilege are inherent in U.S. and Iowa institutions.

As legislators this week continue their consideration of a group of bills aimed at reshaping higher education in Iowa -- taking aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, curricular offerings, and accrediting agencies -- one lawmaker on Wednesday called on Iowa’s community colleges to consider offering bachelor’s degrees.

Democrats Tuesday flipped seat in the Iowa Senate in a special election held to replace Republican Sen. Chris Cournoyer, who was named as Iowa's lieutenant governor, but Democrats still will be far outnumbered in the chamber.

The Department of Public Safety proposal comes more than a year after fatal shooting at Perry schools.

Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to provide paid family leave to state workers got its first legislative approval