Just days before lawmakers convene Monday in Des Moines for the 2025 legislative session, the Republican chair of a new Iowa House Higher Education Committee sent a letter to the state Board of Regents advising it to reject a University of Iowa proposal to create a new “School of Social and Cultural Analysis.”
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Here’s a look at which legislation was approved during the 2024 session of the Iowa Legislature.
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But Democrats say more accountability is needed following reports of neglect.
The hottest topics were about energy, pipelines and farmland ownership. Water quality may get limited exposure through a bill that seeks to relax restrictions on developers. Because Republicans have majorities in the Iowa Senate and House of Representatives, what their caucus wants, they likely will get.
Speaker of the Iowa House Pat Grassley has served in the Legislature nearly 18 years and has never — over that span — seen it undertake a broad review of “how we deliver higher education.”
Both play big roles as Iowa’s workforce continues to be limited across all industry sectors.
State lawmakers have completed their work for the year, concluding a session that was momentous and often contentious
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