Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

State-funded child care expands as do parent work requirements and payments to child care centers

Statehouse Republicans who passed the bill say the federal labor department is working off old information or misunderstanding the legislation.

Democrats argue Republicans are intentionally underfunding education in Iowa, noting the state has a nearly $2 billion general fund budget surplus, full cash reserves and a Taxpayer Relief Fund projected to total nearly $3.4 billion by the end of next fiscal year.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 513 into law Tuesday, moving motor vehicle enforcement duties under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety.

Iowa law provides new property tax exemptions for Iowans age 65 and older and for military veterans.

Gov. Kim Reynolds will sign a handful of bills on a tour across the state this week, holding public ceremonies to enact laws dealing with fentanyl, child care, vehicle enforcement and butcheries.

Iowans who sue after being struck by a commercial vehicle would be limited to receiving $5 million for pain and suffering.

On the podcast this week, we take one last look at the legislative session, albeit a look forward this time; Iowa and Iowa State student-athletes being investigated for sports betting, quite the proposal from one of the Republican presidential candidates, and the main caucus card this weekend: DJT vs. RDS.

Three assistant Linn County prosecutors suggested the change in the law.

Another bill signed into law creates punishments for ransomware attacks

The governor said she does not feel that reports of some Iowa private schools increasing tuition weakens the state’s new financial assistance program

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill supporters say will help address the healthcare needs of Iowa’s underserved rural communities.

When Iowa lawmakers last week gave final approval to roll back certain child labor protections, they blended into a growing movement driven largely by a conservative advocacy group.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of May 1

Among them: C02 pipeline restrictions, sale of birth control pills with a prescription, guns in school parking lots, parental permission for social media