Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

An online ad by the Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology asks Iowans to opposed House File 347, which would allow optometrists to do more eye injections and surgeries.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of April 10

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Iowa Democrats requested an extension to file their 2024 caucus plan Friday morning as GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann slammed their commitment to a mail-in caucus plan, days after a Republican lawmaker proposed a bill to require in-person participation in the caucuses.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: big bills on gun regulations and the Iowa caucuses, oral arguments in the Iowa Supreme Court on a key abortion case, and more.

Revenue shared for county quality-of-life improvements would be increased and distributed to all 99 counties.

Legislation adding an asset test and eligibility verification for programs like Medicaid and SNAP has passed the Iowa Legislature and is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Schools worry about changing when bond votes held

Republicans say legislation is needed to preserve the Iowa caucuses’ first-in-the-nation status

Weapons must be out of sight; driver must have permit to carry under provisions.

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement she will “do everything I can” to protect the status of the caucuses.

Personal information of more than 20,000 Iowa Medicaid members was compromised in a data breach of a state contractor last year, the Iowa Health and Human Services Department announced Tuesday.

Iowa cities would not be allowed to ban residents from owning specific dog breeds under a bill House lawmakers passed Tuesday.

Legislation that would require Iowa caucus participants to vote in-person — which would effectively kill Iowa Democrats’ plan for mail-in caucusing in 2024 — was introduced this week in the Iowa House by Republican state lawmaker Bobby Kaufmann, the son of Republican Party of Iowa state chairman Jeff Kaufmann.

Members of the House Ways and Means tax policy committee amended the bill to prohibit companies from collecting data on children under 18 without “verifiable parental consent.”