Under the proposed legislation — the full language of which has not been released — all Iowa school districts would be required to adopt by July 1, 2025, minimum standards for restrictions on personal electronic devices.
Bills proposed in the Iowa Legislature would increase the number of dispensaries in the state and add to the legal forms of medical cannabis
A state law that would allow the arrest and deportation of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into the country will remain blocked after a federal appeals court ruling issued Friday.
Iowa lawmakers consider a ‘Taylor Swift bill’ to regulate ticket bots
Also proposed: Putting those guilty of ‘grooming’ on sex registry
Also, the Iowa Senate is advancing new legislation that would require the teaching of fetal development in health and human growth classes
State gambling regulators declined Thursday to decide whether inartful language in a 2021 Linn County referendum should prevent a proposed casino from being considered there.
Bills to create a five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos in Iowa have been introduced by Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature.
Law enforcement officials, advocates and grieving families of Iowans killed by distracted drivers packed a Senate committee room Wednesday to again implore lawmakers to ban motorists' handheld use of mobile devices behind the wheel.
The question was at the heart of a discussion about Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution to allow children to testify remotely
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Lawmakers advance legislation creating harsher penalties for assaults on corrections officers and sports officials
Cedar Rapids home is fined $1,000 for failing to investigate thefts
The law would require the state’s largest counties — and those with a regent university — to elect supervisors from districts
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.
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