Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to fund anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, fund maternal and rural health care grants and provide state employees paid parental leave.
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Iowa is in a shrinking minority of states that do not offer coverage under Medicaid to new mothers for 12 months after they give birth, and lawmakers are not likely to extend the coverage this year.
A look back at the top news stories from the week of April 3
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: School swatting calls, Iowa’s baseball bill, Reynolds’ birth control bill, eminent domain, K-12 education policy and more.
The bills are part of House Democrats’ “People Over Politics” legislative agenda they proposed at the beginning of the legislative session.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she wants to let the lawmaking process play out before throwing her support behind the final measure.
Also, governor adds 6 more counties to disaster declaration
Iowa House to weigh asset tests after passage by Senate
Estimate comes from nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency
Majority-party Republicans on the Iowa Senate’s budget committee on Monday advanced four bills that were, effectively, mere placeholders with no actual budget numbers in them.
A look back at the top news stories from the week of March 27
House and Senate Republicans differ on approach
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: School swatting calls, Iowa’s baseball bill, Reynolds’ birth control bill, eminent domain, K-12 education policy and more.
Education policy dealing with graphic materials and the teaching of gender identity passed, but a bill regulating carbon capture pipelines did not
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