State Government

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.

Theatre Cedar Rapids, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, has been awarded a $500,000 state grant to undertake renovations that will transform the inside and outside of its building in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Lobbyists for cities and traffic camera companies said the companies’ work is more efficient than government and ultimately saves taxpayers