Republicans say legislation is needed to preserve the Iowa caucuses’ first-in-the-nation status
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Republicans say legislation is needed to preserve the Iowa caucuses’ first-in-the-nation status
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the lead plaintiff in an abortion case now before the Iowa Supreme Court, attended Tuesday’s oral arguments after bypassing the public entrance to the Judicial Branch Building and entering the secure area where the justices maintain their private offices.
Weapons must be out of sight; driver must have permit to carry under provisions.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird had joined the legal effort to halt the federal rule
Personal information of more than 20,000 Iowa Medicaid members was compromised in a data breach of a state contractor last year, the Iowa Health and Human Services Department announced Tuesday.
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ picks to lead Iowa's state education agency and serve on the board that governs its three state universities met some push back Tuesday by Iowa Senate Democrats.
Iowa cities would not be allowed to ban residents from owning specific dog breeds under a bill House lawmakers passed Tuesday.
Legislation that would require Iowa caucus participants to vote in-person — which would effectively kill Iowa Democrats’ plan for mail-in caucusing in 2024 — was introduced this week in the Iowa House by Republican state lawmaker Bobby Kaufmann, the son of Republican Party of Iowa state chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked the court to allow a court-blocked 2018 law to go into effect; abortion rights groups argue the law should remain blocked.
Victim advocates are urging Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird to continue allowing the state’s victim compensation funds to cover contraception and abortion care for rape victims, noting a majority of those served by the fund are juvenile victims of sexual abuse.
Members of the House Ways and Means tax policy committee amended the bill to prohibit companies from collecting data on children under 18 without “verifiable parental consent.”
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to fund anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, fund maternal and rural health care grants and provide state employees paid parental leave.
Eastern Iowa officials question whether the Department of Corrections should take over community-based corrections after missteps on parole decisions.
“As a part of her top-down, bottom-up audit of victim assistance, Attorney General Bird is carefully evaluating whether this is an appropriate use of public funds,” Bird Press Secretary Alyssa Brouillet said in a statement. “Until that review is complete, payment of these pending claims will be delayed.”
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