The State Auditor's Office is asking a judge to remove the Iowa Attorney General's Office as its legal counsel in a Davenport records case over an impasse about how best to argue the matter in court.
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The State Auditor's Office is asking a judge to remove the Iowa Attorney General's Office as its legal counsel in a Davenport records case over an impasse about how best to argue the matter in court.
Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers under a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds advanced by Senate Republican lawmakers.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Bill banning cities from hiring lobbyists with taxpayer money moved ahead in Senate
Free feminine hygiene products would be made accessible to middle and high school students in the state under legislation in the Iowa House.
The appropriation in the Iowa House legislation would be contingent on the U.S. Department of Agriculture approving a waiver for SNAP exemptions that could strike nearly two-thirds of food products at a grocery store from eligibility.
Iowa election recount reform legislation is advancing in the Iowa House; it differs greatly from recount reform introduced earlier by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.
Some Iowans receiving state-funded Medicaid coverage and food assistance would be required to work at least 80 hours a month to receive benefits under legislation critics say would put thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk.
Republican lawmakers in the Iowa Legislature approved a bill that would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act; Gov. Kim Reynolds must now decide whether to sign it into law
Libraries that are “dues-paying members” of certain nationwide nonprofit organizations would be cut off from one avenue of state funding under legislation being considered by Iowa state lawmakers.
Also, under a proposed bill, the death penalty could be used for killing a law enforcement officer
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a ‘continuum of care’ that incentivizes preschools and child care centers to work together, while House Democrats have proposed expanding child care assistance funding and tax credits
Also, Iowa House Republicans advanced a series of bills addressing carbon capture pipelines and landowner rights
The legislation would work to address the shortage of physicians -- especially in rural areas of the state -- by consolidating and boosting funding in doctors’ loan repayment programs and increasing the number of medical residencies in Iowa
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