Report finds significant increase in use of force by Iowa state police officers Associated Press © Bryon Houlgrave/The Register Members of the Iowa State Patrol mobilize on the Iowa Capitol grounds in Des Moines on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. State police officers in Iowa drew their guns and used force against suspects significantly more often in 2020 than in previous years due to a major increase in resistance, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.
State police officers in Iowa drew their guns and used force against suspects significantly more often in 2020 than previous years due to a major increase in resistance, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.
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Iowa Senate passes bill shortening early voting period, creating stricter cutoff for absentee ballots Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register © Olivia Sun/The Register Members of the public speak during a hearing on House File 590 and Senate File 413 takes place on Feb. 22, 2021 at the Iowa Capitol. The bills would shorten Iowa s early voting period by 11 days, making it 18 days instead of 29.
A bill shortening Iowa s early voting period, reducing Election Day voting by an hour and creating a stricter deadline for returning absentee ballots is a step closer to becoming law after it passed the Iowa Senate on Tuesday.
The Senates approved the measure on a party-line vote of 30-18, with every Republican in support and every Democrat opposed, following a lengthy debate about voter fraud and voter suppression.
Iowa Senate bathroom bill would ban transgender people from using school restrooms matching gender identity Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
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For the first time since the idea reached the Iowa Legislature, a measure that would require transgender people in Iowa schools to use bathrooms that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificates won a subcommittee vote in the Iowa Senate.
The measure, Senate File 224, would apply to people using bathrooms in elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools. It passed a Senate education subcommittee meeting Wednesday, with Sens. Jim Carlin, R-Sioux City, and Jeff Taylor, R-Sioux Center, supporting it and Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines, opposed. It is now eligible for consideration by the full Senate Education Committee.