The Iowa state budget includes increased salaries for judges, funding for a new state Division of Special Education, and funding for Iowa’s state parks.
The Iowa Legislature adjourned the 2024 legislative session in the early hours Saturday, passing most of the Republican trifecta’s legislative priorities for the year.
Iowa lawmakers debated budget bills into the early morning Friday as they aim for the end of session in the coming days. Though legislators spent much of their days in party caucus meetings Thursday, members of both the House and Senate moved through dozens of bills during debate, in addition to meetings of the chambers’ […] The post Iowa lawmakers debate until 2 a.m. in race to finish 2024 legislative session appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.