Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

House Speaker Pat Grassley signaled support for Reynolds' policy agenda as the session ended, but he noted lawmakers reviewed and made changes to some of her proposals.

Bills limiting cellphone use while driving by mandating hands-free technology have been introduced in the Iowa Legislature since 2019, but all attempts at passage have been unsuccessful. More than 30 other states have passed such laws. Why won't Iowa?

Also, an Iowa Air Guard unit in Fort Dodge will close, and Gov. Reynolds joined 50-plus other governors opposing a federal proposal to shift Guard members to the U.S. Space Force

A top U.S. Department of Justice official says the department will sue to block a new Iowa immigration law criminalizing “illegal reentry.”

There is one such program in the state: UpLift Iowa, a pilot program that involves four Central Iowa local governments and a coalition of businesses and nonprofits. The law allows it to continue as planned for two years.

Members of Iowa's Latino community, immigrant workers, advocates and allies marched and held candlelight vigils Thursday evening in Iowa City, Davenport, Waterloo and Des Moines in protest over a new law making illegal immigration a state crime.

Gov. Kim Reynolds lauds ‘transformation’ of Iowa’s tax code under Republican leadership.

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed into law requirements that insurance companies cover diagnostic breast exams and biomarker testing.

A bill prohibiting lawsuits over warning labels on products with federal labeling approval passed the Iowa Senate but was not considered in the Iowa House this year

How much are Iowa lawmakers paid? And what other perks do they receive as elected officials? Curious Iowa looks at what it’s like to serve in the Iowa Legislature, and how these citizen legislators balance careers and family with their responsibilities at the statehouse.

The blossoming industry could soon be significantly regulated under a bill sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature. Reactions from the companies who produce THC drinks are mixed.

‘It is vital for those persons with the addiction and for those families that we do better, and we just didn’t do anything. And that’s too bad,’ a legislative Democrat says.

House Speaker says statehouse Republicans forced to ‘do something’ because of inaction by federal government

On this week's episode we take one last look in the rearview mirror at the 2024 legislative session. We'll talk about traffic cameras in the Quad Cities. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson discusses aid to Ukraine and her recent visit with the Ukrainian president.

Inconsistent procedures across counties were apparent in a 2020 recount of a Congressional election, but the Iowa Legislature declined to update state elections laws regarding recounts.