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Republican lawmakers gave initial approval Monday to the governor’s individual income tax cut bill, though Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, said other tax proposals could also move forward.

Republican lawmakers gave initial approval Monday to the governor’s individual income tax cut bill, though Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, said other tax proposals could also move forward.

Education, transgender issues, more survive

Bills in the Iowa Legislature test the fate of a vital link that the state’s area education agencies provide to families and schools for inclusive learning.

Your guide to which bills survived the first legislative ‘funnel’ (and which didn’t) by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch Here’s a rundown of  some of the notable bills that survived – and some that did not – during the first funnel week: What survived: Agriculture Food labeling: Senate Study Bill 3162 would forbid the producers…

A bill that was amended in the Iowa Senate on Thursday would now prohibit the state’s regent universities from researching “manufactured protein products.”

The debate over if, and how, Iowa’s Area Education Agencies should be reformed dominated the conversation at Fairfield’s first legislative forum of the year.

Here’s where major pieces of Iowa legislation stand after the first "funnel" deadline of the 2024 session.

This week saw the arrival of our first deadline for getting bills ready for debate on the floor of the Senate. That meant several committees had long

Election changes, fetal development education requirements and parking meters were among the topics Iowa lawmakers debated Thursday, the last day to move certain bills before the first legislative deadline of