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

Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Thursday to allow 3 percent of growth in Supplemental State Aid to Iowa’s public school districts. House Study Bill 712 passed the Iowa House Education Committee along party lines, 15-8, on Thursday afternoon. Iowa’s public school districts receive supplemental state aid, or SSA, in addition to local property tax...

Special education advocates call it an ‘improvement’ but say changes needed

Iowa House lawmakers’ new plan to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies advanced out of the Iowa House Education Committee on Thursday, barely scraping upcoming legislative deadlines. House Study Bill 713 makes massive changes to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ original proposal to overhaul the nine AEAs. The changes are to key parts of the governor’s bill....

In the early weeks of the legislative session we’ve seen lots of bills on a variety of divisive topics, many of which I disagree with outright or at the very

Iowa legislators have placed a focus on public libraries recently. House Study Bill 678 (HSB678) was introduced last Wednesday, and the Local Government subcom

“I don’t understand what the beef industry’s worried about, because I don’t know anybody who wants to grill soy burger when they have people over,” Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo said. “Iowans and people across this country love beef. Why are you worried?”

House and Senate lawmakers are taking vastly different approaches to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ controversial proposal to revamp Iowa’s Area Education Agencies.

Special education advocates call it an ‘improvement,’ but say changes are still needed.

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