The proposal was inspired by a recent case involving a sex trafficking victim who killed the man who she says raped her
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The proposal was inspired by a recent case involving a sex trafficking victim who killed the man who she says raped her
Energy companies and landowners would be limited on where they can set up solar panel arrays under a bill advanced Monday in the Iowa Senate.
Weeks after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a sweeping law creating taxpayer-funded education savings accounts for private schools, Iowa lawmakers are advancing a bill to loosen testing requirements for students taking advantage of the program.
The bill would make more jobs legal for 14- to 17-year-old Iowans, and allow them to petition the state for even more work opportunities under the proposal that Democrats say could put young Iowans at risk,
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.
Iowa lawmakers Tuesday advanced a bill eliminating reporting requirements and other regulations on public K-12 schools.
In an Iowa House Government Oversight committee meeting Monday evening, the parents, many of them activists with the conservative group Moms for Liberty, read passages from books they found offensive.
Capping assessments, limiting local levy rates, and tightening rules for school bonding are among the proposals.
Iowa’s Republican legislative leaders said before their session began in January they plan to wait for an Iowa Supreme Court decision on the state’s so-called fetal heartbeat law before moving forward with more restrictions.
Iowa is among a minority of states that does not ban hand-held use of mobile devices while driving.
Brenna Bird this week signs on to GOP letter from 200 Republican attorneys general to Walgreens and CVS
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: the legislative debate turns from school funding to school policy, Iowa Democrats gain a new leader just as they’re about to lose first in the nation, and some 2024 news — since Republicans’ hashtag-i-a-caucus is still hashtag f-i-t-n.
And a state lawmaker said more members of the public should serve on the board that licenses and disciplines teachers
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