Articles Tagged: Iowa Senate

Union workers from across Iowa gathered at the State Capitol Monday to protest proposals loosening state child labor laws.

The state paid a Virginia-based consulting firm nearly $1 million to interview state officials and make recommendations, which are now in Reynolds’ 1,600-page bill.

Some video conferencing users have posted Nazi symbols and pornographic videos during legislative hearings at the Iowa Capitol

Republican state lawmakers continued to advance bills opponents say target and discriminate against Iowa’s LGBTQ community.

New proposals also include storing ballot records and allowing cross-county challenges to voter registration.

A year after enacting stricter requirements for Iowans who receive unemployment, a new Republican bill would require Iowans to conduct more job searches in order to earn benefits.

Also, Gov. Reynolds says she will sign into law the caps on medical malpractice jury awards

Representatives of Iowa’s public schools, cities, counties and assessors warn it will lead to public service cuts.

The proposal comes from the head of the state’s veterans affairs department after a trust fund for veterans’ emergency expenses ran out of available money last year

Senate Republicans advanced Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sweeping health care bill, but removed a provision that would allow pharmacists to dispense birth control without a prescription.

Iowa’s state transportation commission would be required to prioritize making Highway 30 four lanes under a bill advanced Monday.

Blind Iowans expressed their concern with how Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed realignment of state government will impact them and the state services that help them.

The bill, expected to be signed into law, would cap non-economic damages at $2 million for hospitals and $1 million for doctors.

Unlike the public ceremony that marked Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signing of a private school funding bill last month, the bill that increases funding to Iowa’s public schools was signed in private on Tuesday.

Iowans affected by crashes involving commercial truck drivers pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to abandon a bill that shields trucking companies from liability in some cases.