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There is currently a bill moving though the Iowa Senate that would essentially finalize the issue. On the Iowa Senate floor, they are currently working though a bill that if it became law would cut state funding from Iowa cities that intend to cut local law enforcement budgets.

On Tuesday, Sinclair said the bill was not about being petty or targeting Des Moines schools. "While this may have been prompted by the willful and intentional violation of Iowa Code related to education from Des Moines," she said, "it’s a much broader topic of conversation that I that I think we do need to advance and I think we do need to have." Two members of the Des Moines School Board joined the meeting to ask lawmakers to reconsider the legislation. "I know there are some at the stat...

Letters to the editor: Iowa GOP wants to fast-track voter suppression Letters to the editor Iowa GOP wants to fast-track voter suppression Our governor avoids mask mandates because, as she keeps repeating, Iowans do the right thing. I sure wish she would tell her Republican legislative colleagues that, because they seem unconvinced. The Republican legislators believe many of us are intent on doing the wrong thing, spending our time creating ways for people to vote fraudulently. In 2017 Secretar...

Humane Society state director: Proponents are doing the bidding of out-of-state lobbying groups tied to cruel industries and interests.

Bill to penalize cities that defund police advances, despite criticism Republicans in both chambers moved forward with a measure to deny all state funding to cities and counties that reduce their police budgets, one of the elements of Reynolds bill. The measure would cities and counties that submit justification for the reduction in their budget, such as a decline in one-time expenses or a decrease in their population, to earn an exception to the funding ban.  "There is clearly an orchestra...

Erin Murphy Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES -- By all accounts, Iowa’s 2020 general election was wildly successful, and that success was driven largely by early voting. A bill that is rapidly making its way through the Iowa Legislature would constrain, if not outright ban, many of the early voting programs that made the 2020 election in Iowa a record-breaker. More than 1.7 million Iowans cast a ballot in the 2020 general election, the most in state history. Statewide turnout w...

Des Moines Register Iowas law enforcement officers would get more information in complaint investigations, including the names of people who file complaints against them, if a Senate bill becomes law. The bill, which lawmakers advanced through a subcommittee meeting Thursday, would also add a definition of "qualified immunity" to Iowa code, spelling out the protections officers have from civil lawsuits. Senate Study Bill 1178 has the support of some law enforcement groups, whose representa...

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and Im here with your update for Friday, February 19th.

DES MOINES — An Iowa lawmaker used the debunked claim of widespread election fraud to explain his support Wednesday for a sweeping election bill that would reduce the early voting period by more than a third and limit the ways voters receive and submit early ballots. Public hearings were held on the new bill, Senate Study Bill 1199, which was introduced just 24 hours earlier by statehouse Republicans. After hearing public input, most of which was in opposition, Sen. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig...

Her efforts to privatize public schools are being rolled out in state legislatures across the country.