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Women will make up a quarter of Iowa's state senators for the next two years, but less than one-third of the state House members.

A fast-growing lender wanted more freedom to operate in the state. But consumer advocates say the law it targeted protects Iowans from crippling debt.

Laura Belin reviews the finalized Iowa maps for U.S. House and state legislature, which passed by wide margins.

Bleeding Heartland Monday, Jul 5 2021 Marty Ryan covers a new law that received little attention early this year. -promoted by Laura Belin A private sector employee from Iowa goes across the border on a Friday after work to Illinois. His friends offer a blunt, and he takes a hit. He thinks nothing of it, because recreational use of pot is legal in Illinois. On his way home on Sunday, he realizes that there could be a random drug test early in the week. He’s heard marijuana will stay in his s...

Iowans on unemployment will lose federal pandemic-related benefits in less than three weeks.

On Wednesday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed a bill into law that prohibits the public schools from imposing mask mandates on their students.

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Democratic lawmakers tour Anamosa prison were 2 employees were killed Anamosa Prison. (KCRG TV photo) Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Democrats in the Iowa legislature are calling for a federal investigation of the murders of two employees at the state prison in Anamosa. Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls and other Democratic lawmakers toured the facility and met with the prison’s acting warden today. “Over and over and over we were shown areas of the prison wher...

Democrat lawmakers tour Anamosa prison, blame Republicans for attack Unmute ANAMOSA, Iowa (KWWL) -- Since a nurse and a corrections officer were killed by inmates at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, the facility and Iowas prison system has been under scrutiny. On Friday morning, several democrat lawmakers toured the prison. Sen. Zach Wahls (D), District 37, Rep. Marti Anderson (D), District 36, Rep. Eric Gjerde (D), District 67 and Sen. Todd Taylor (D), District 35 s...

Republicans Want to Reshape US Election Laws After Record 2020 Turnout CHICAGO – Months after record-high U.S. voter turnout propelled Democrats to victory in the 2020 elections, giving them control of the White House and both houses of Congress, Republicans are attempting to reshape election laws in state legislatures across the nation. In state after state, Republicans seek to limit opportunities for early and absentee balloting that Americans flocked to last year — Democratic voters in ...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Iowa House sends governor election law changes Republicans in the legislature are sending the governor a bill to change absentee voting rules and set an early voting period for elections that’s nine days shorter. Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton, began debate on the bill by saying Iowa’s 2020 election was successful and voter fraud was not an issue in the state. “It is my view that government should be run like a business,” Kaufmann s...