Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

City also will look to cover $116,000 deficit with last year’s surplus.

Lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill to require all undergraduates attending a public university in Iowa to take survey courses on American history and American government -- despite pushback from Democratic lawmakers concerned with the cost, available faculty, and added pressure on students’ schedules.

Iowa House Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday that would expand restrictions on classroom discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity to middle and high schools. It came the samy day Gov. Kim Reynolds introduced a separate measure that would limit local governments’ ability to protect LGBTQ residents through civil rights ordinances.

All liquefied CO2 transported through pipelines in Iowa would be taxed per metric ton under legislation proposed by a top Senate Republican that was advanced by legislators Wednesday.

An Iowa bill would allow boundary changes, but it is unlikely to advance this legislative session.

The Iowa House Public Safety Committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that would bar cities and counties from issuing local identification cards, sending the bill to the House floor for debate on a party-line vote, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.

Public schools across Iowa will struggle to pay their bills if the state’s general funding for K-12 schools increases by just 1.75 percent — as proposed by Republican lawmakers — education advocates warned Tuesday during a legislative hearing.

The goal of smoke-free Iowa casinos lives on at the Iowa Capitol, where a bipartisan panel of lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a proposal to end casinos’ exemption to the state’s public smoking ban.

A small group of individuals keeps cycling through Iowa's jails and hospitals due to a lack of short-term mental health treatment options. Quad-Cities law enforcement is urging the state to act, saying the current system is costly and ineffective.

The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, women’s, and sexuality studies – after the Board of Regents last year mandated a comprehensive study of how well campus programs are meeting workforce needs and student demands.

A Republican-backed bill would expand student religious and political speech rights in Iowa schools, drawing praise from supporters seeking clarity and criticism from opponents who warn it’s redundant and could open loopholes for extremist groups.

Common ground on legislation regarding the use of eminent domain for hazardous liquid pipelines has yet to be found between the Iowa House and Senate as Senate lawmakers advanced a proposal from the chamber’s leader on Thursday.

Young hunters could skip the in-person elements currently required by Iowa’s hunter safety program under a bill that advanced from a House subcommittee Monday.

A pair of Republican-backed property tax proposals advanced Thursday at the Iowa Capitol — but not before local government leaders, business advocates and Democrats warned that a proposed 2 percent cap on annual local revenue growth could squeeze city and county budgets as costs rise faster.

All three members of a House subcommittee signed off on a bill Thursday that would grant up to $3 million to the University of Iowa each year for pediatric cancer research.