Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Rural schools, like North Iowa’s Forest City, fear it will sap what they already see as inadequate funding.

Democrats remain in the minority in the upcoming legislative session, having lost seats in both the House and Senate in the 2022 election, with Republicans gaining a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate.

County auditors seeking more time to mail absentee ballots

Iowa lawmakers cast doubts over the proposal’s success. Meanwhile, other legislators plan to file additional bills regarding state water quality and environment.

Students with March for Our Lives Iowa said this week they plan to focus during the 2023 legislative session on firearm regulations that can hold up to the newly implemented state constitutional amendment.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.

2023 legislative priorities include fully funding 4-year-old preschool, mental health

Although a Republican-led effort last year to change the way Iowa funds its public universities didn’t materialize, the concept isn’t dead — as lawmakers are airing plans to revisit the idea in the upcoming session in their debate over how much to give the state institutions.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird signed on to lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden's administration and Democratic-backed laws during her first day in office Tuesday.

More legislation is needed as the state combines the former human services, public health and aging departments

Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion rights advocates hope the Iowa Supreme Court will use a case before it to set a more permissive legal standard for considering abortion restrictions.

Republicans are eyeing property taxes, while local officials express a need to proceed with caution.

Recurring campaign donations without the donor’s active consent would be illegal, as would any hand-held use of a mobile device while driving. And pointing a laser at an aircraft would become a crime.

This Iowa state lawmaker has been involved in multiple historic legislative leadership moves; What does she say about how Iowa Democrats can bounce back?

Total state revenue will be just more than $9.62 billion in the current budget year, which is 1.9 percent less than the previous year, and $9.63 billion next year -- a marginal increase.