Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Wahls was voted out as leader by his peers after he fired two long-time Senate Democrat staffers

More than 50 educators, students, parents, community members and Democratic lawmakers gathered at College Green Park in Iowa City Saturday to for "Youth & Truth Day of Action.“

As of Friday, hundreds more Iowans than anticipated have applied for a new state-funded private school financial assistance program, potentially costing the state $11.2 million more than lawmakers had budgeted.

Senate Democrats are not commenting, but reports indicate the group was upset with Wahls over the recent firing of two longtime staffers.

The federal judge ruled that Florida had no "legitimate state interest“ for denying treatment for transgender patients.

As Iowa struggles with a provider shortage, state and federal lawmakers seek to expand access to midwives to improve maternal health care.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of May 29

Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bill aimed at protecting state’s ‘first-in-nation’ status

Here’s how your tax dollars will be spent in the coming fiscal year

Iowa’s taxpayer watchdog will face new restrictions on his office’s ability to access certain records when auditing government programs for waste, fraud and abuse.

New law applies “assets test,” adds rigorous eligibility verification

Iowa families can begin signing up today, for a new state-funded private school financial assistance program.

The tally of tenured and tenure-track faculty across Iowa’s public universities in the academic year that just wrapped continued down a slope that began a decade ago — when 3,531 Board of Regents faculty were tenure eligible, amounting to 63 percent of the 5,637 faculty total.

The new law allows 14- to 17-year-old Iowans to work more jobs at longer hours, creating more opportunities, according to supporters, while critics say it will put children in harm’s way in the workplace

Changes ‘put parents in driver’s seat,’ she says; opponents say LGBTQ kids targeted