DES MOINES – Iowa senators pushed forward a number of hot-button issues in the legislative process Wednesday – including bills …
Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature
Government & Politics Feb. 10, 2021 4:28 pm
DES MOINES – State Auditor Rob Sand and lawmakers are at odds over his proposal to change Iowa law to …
Education Feb. 10, 2021 5:46 pm
A Republican senator from western Iowa has proposed a bill requiring the Board of Regents to survey all university employees …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2021 6:30 pm
The Iowa Senate on Tuesday approved a bill to spend $21 million from the general fund on a new computer …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2021 4:57 pm
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 32-17 Tuesday to approve a 2.2 percent increase in base funding for K-12 …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2021 4:51 pm
DES MOINES – The Iowa court system is asking the Legislature for $9 million investment in human capital largely to …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2021 7:08 pm
DES MOINES – A proposal to reduce funding for any Iowa school district whose teachers use a New York Times …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2021 4:43 pm
DES MOINES – Advocates for a moratorium on factory farms warned that time is running out for Iowa, but conceded …
Education Feb. 9, 2021 2:55 pm
IOWA CITY – Iowa’s public universities for years have touted the billions they bring to the state through research and …
Government & Politics Feb. 8, 2021 7:30 pm
DES MOINES – Legislative Republicans on Monday advanced separate funding bills they say will meet the needs of K-12 schools …
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Health Care and Medicine Feb. 7, 2021 11:10 pm
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After only their first few weeks of work, tensions already are high among lawmakers meeting in-person …
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News Feb. 7, 2021 6:22 pm
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Complaining about what he called indoctrination in schools, former President Donald Trump created a commission that …
Government & Politics Feb. 5, 2021 9:54 pm
DES MOINES – A legislative proposal to establish a statewide moratorium on so-called factory farms will be ‘dead on arrival,” …
Government & Politics Feb. 5, 2021 5:03 pm
DES MOINES – Majority Republicans in the Iowa Legislature will begin negotiations next week aimed at reaching a compromise funding …
Government & Politics Feb. 4, 2021 5:12 pm
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds says she has some ‘educating” to do to get House Republicans on board her …