State Government

15 college leaders would decide how state aid is distributed to campuses

Supporters said it would expand the rights of landowners and clear up constitutional questions about the eminent domain authority for hazardous liquid pipelines.

Also, Iowa Republican legislative leaders set spending targets for the next state budget

A bill in the Iowa Legislature would expand the state’s “dram shop” laws, which impose civil liability for selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated or underage persons, to apply to consumable hemp products.

It is the biggest fish kill in Iowa in at least a decade and the fifth-largest on record, according to state data.

The city approved nearly $2 million in settlement agreements with city staff without a public vote in 2023.

State auditor condemns AG for using unfinished audit to justify halting payments

Gov. Kim Reynolds calls changes to Iowa’s area education agencies ‘meaningful and necessary reform’

The bill would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to drive to any kind of job, not just farming, following a law passed last year that allows younger teens to work longer hours and later in the day. The bill reduces the distance a teen can drive under the “special minor’s restricted license” from 50 to 25 miles to school or a job. And driving cannot be part of the work.

The legislation is a limited version of what Reynolds originally proposed, but has still been met with fierce opposition from AEA officials and statehouse Democrats

The proposal passed by the House would require that two-thirds of the members in each chamber — 67 in the House and 34 in the Senate — agree on any legislation that increases Iowa's income tax on individuals or corporations.

The Iowa Senate will vote whether to confirm former Trump administration education official McKenzie Snow as director of the Iowa Department of Education