Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Iowans’ income from retirement programs would no longer be taxed by the state under a legislative proposal from Iowa House Republicans.

The new law “does not discriminate on the basis of the viewpoint of the offender,” wrote District Judge Derek Johnson.

To Alex Glenn, the director of human resources for Generation Next child development centers and preschools in Ventral Iowa, the best way to address what stakeholders have called a child care “crisis” is both simple and expensive. “I know this answer’s not going to appease a lot of people, but it’s money,” Glenn said.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, Biden, one year in; Reynolds rolls in cash; a river runs through the Hinson-Mathis contest.

Iowa governor says she’s “going to run like I'm 10 down” despite $4 million lead in fundraising.

“I want to get it right, so we we're looking at the language to make sure it does what the intent was to do (because) really what we’re trying to do is not tax retirement income,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said while at Van Meter in Cedar Rapids.

In a new era allowing college athletes to receive education-related compensation and make money off their name, image, and likeness, an Iowa lawmaker is looking to empower the Board of Regents to “fix the compensation for student athletes” at its public universities.

A proposal increases the number of two-year-olds one care center staff member can watch.

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ campaign reported raising nearly $4.8 million in donations in 2021. Her highest profile Democratic challenger, Deidre DeJear, reported raising nearly $287,000.

Local governments or law enforcement officers who enforce federal gun regulations would be subject to $50,000 fines under a legislative proposal advanced Wednesday by Iowa Senate Republicans. The proposal, which Senate Republicans have titled the Second Amendment Preservation Act, would nullify any federal gun regulations that exceed Iowa state law.

The organizations held the news conference to highlight action by Republican Senate leaders to remove reporters from the chamber's floor, where they had greater access to legislators.

Attempts in previous years to add requirements for Iowans who receive public benefits like Medicaid and food assistance failed to pass both chambers in the Iowa Legislature. A renewed effort is under way this year, with a new approach: Instead of pushing for just one or two big bills addressing public assistance programs, statehouse Republicans have broken the myriad proposals into a slew of bills running separately.

Iowa House Republican bills aim to tackle staffing, bed shortages

Gov. Kim Reynolds ignores the basics with the tax proposal she announced in her Condition of the State address.

Come for a job interview, stay because you have a court date for your marijuana arrest.