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Lawmakers passed dozens of bills through committee Tuesday to keep them available for discussion as they near the the first deadline of the 2024 legislative session.

The members of the Muscatine Community School District’s Board of Education gathered this week for its February meeting. Kicking things off were two public hearings.

Bills focused on oversight and funding for Iowa public libraries may not advance past the first major legislative deadline for the 2024 session, but library advocates said there is still

DES MOINES — State lawmakers Tuesday considered but ultimately tabled legislation passed in other Republican-led states that would criminalize homelessness and redirect state funding toward state-sanctioned encampments.

Lawmakers passed dozens of bills through committee Tuesday to keep them available for discussion as they near the the first deadline of the 2024 legislative session.

The House legislation focused on the merging or elimination of 49 boards or commissions, a smaller scope than the governor's proposed bill.

Encourage lawmakers to oppose SSB 3131

Also, bills to regulate county supervisor plans and asset forfeiture advanced.

Also, lawmakers advance a bill that would require district-level elections of supervisors in large counties

Bruce Lear discusses efforts in the Iowa legislature to give city councils more control over the management of public libraries.