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With the state budgeting process underway, lawmakers are hoping to finish that up and pass lingering policy bills by the end of the week.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of April 24

Legislators are focused on two proposals, but are running out of time to come to an agreement this session.

Projecting what the Iowa Legislature will and will not get done in its upcoming final days

They think revised bill is more likely to pass Iowa Senate

Bills would direct more money to the Iowa governor’s office, maternal health care and foreign animal disease preparedness, and away from water quality monitoring.

“The bill is the greatest pro-corruption bill and the worst perversion of checks and balances in Iowa’s history because it lets state government hide documents from auditors, and ends judicial review of such decisions,” Auditor Rob Sand said afterwards.

Under a bill advanced by Iowa lawmakers Wednesday, more families would qualify for child care assistance, but they would also be required to work more hours to receive such assistance.

The Iowa Senate passed a budget Tuesday that could zero out funding for river and stream sensors that measure nitrate and phosphorus to see if conservation practices are working.

Fate of property tax relief, loosening child labor laws and gun law is still up in the air.

Senate Bill would require permits and likely redirect some of the revenue.

Iowa students and gun safety advocates rallied at the Iowa Capitol to protest a bill that would allow gun owners to have a firearm in their vehicle on school and college grounds.

Catching up on news from around the state

“Ignoring the biological differences between men and women, and allowing biological boys to compete against girls is unfair, ” says U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: so much. So very much. An overnight legislative session, Republicans …