Articles Tagged: Iowa Senate

Iowa school districts would be barred from taking disciplinary action against teachers who don’t use a student’s preferred name or pronouns under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.

Iowa cities, counties and school districts would be prohibited from using taxpayer funding to pay statehouse lobbyists under legislation considered in the Iowa Senate.

Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers are once again trying to push forward legislation that would disband citizen review boards that provide oversight of local law enforcement like the ones created in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

The previous senator for District 35, Chris Cournoyer, resigned in December to become lieutenant governor. Two years remain of Cournoyer’s four-year term.

Jack Whitver will continue to lead Republicans in the Iowa Senate as treatment on his brain tumor continues, Iowa Senate Republicans announced Tuesday.

Unofficial results show that Republicans — who already had among their largest majorities in decades going into the election — gained one seat in the Senate and three in the House.

Iowa seemed likely to make history with the election of Hiawatha City Council member Aime Wichtendahl to House District 80 — covering northern portions of Cedar Rapids up through Hiawatha and Robins.

The 43-year-old Jack Whitver says he is undergoing radiation treatments and does not plan to step down from his leadership in the Iowa Legislature.

How much are Iowa lawmakers paid? And what other perks do they receive as elected officials? Curious Iowa looks at what it’s like to serve in the Iowa Legislature, and how these citizen legislators balance careers and family with their responsibilities at the statehouse.

Here’s a look at which legislation was approved during the 2024 session of the Iowa Legislature.

A bill requiring Iowa schools to adopt new social studies and civics education standards with a focus on Western civilization, U.S. and Iowa history is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds to be signed into law.

Another bill would add penalties for cities, counties that regulate firearms

Senate removes school security personnel grant program

The bill, which would temporarily lift limits that would apply to the Boy Scouts, now heads to the Iowa House for consideration. Lawmakers face an April 19 deadline.

The bill would remove the most senior judge in the district from the judicial nominating commission. Instead, the governor would be allowed to appoint an additional member. With the addition, the governor would be able to appoint six — or a majority — of the members to each judicial nominating commission.