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Lawmakers scaled back a bill in the Iowa Senate that would have allowed certain unapproved dispersals of feedlot manure in farm fields.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, in her annual Condition of the State address last month, said Iowa needs to increase reading outcomes for elementary students. Last year, state test scores reported 34 percent of third-graders are not proficient in reading and writing skills. Under a proposed bill, Iowa colleges and universities would be required to train teachers in the “science of reading.” But what is it?

Zaun, a Republican from Urbandale, has been working for years to ban the use of traffic cameras in Iowa; this year he has combined his legislative proposal with a hands-free device use while driving.

Also, the state joined a crypto lawsuit and a union threatens to strike over a proposed bill.

OTTUMWA — The League of Women Voters of Ottumwa will host a public forum Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Career Campus, located at 331 E. Main St.

Also, in a video posted on YouTube, a union leader told members to prepare for protest activity, including rolling strikes, over legislation introduced in the Iowa Legislature.

Iowa Republican state Sen. Lynn Evans (right) speaks during a Senate Education Subcommittee hearing on Senate Study Bill 3073 in …

It is the end of Week 5 in the Iowa Senate, and we are coming up from the first major legislative deadline of the year. Except for budget and tax

Speech-language pathologist Jenny Turner: Iowans who know how Area Education Agencies work and what they do are against the governor's plan.

Landowners and environmentalists staged a die-in Thursday at the Iowa Capitol as part of rally urging lawmakers to pass legislation on proposed carbon capture pipelines.