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Five Iowa school districts could no longer weigh factors like a student's socioeconomic status or English language learner status to prioritize open enrollment requests, according to a bill headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk.  The Iowa House voted 56-37 Tuesday to end the voluntary diversity plans that the districts use to maintain diversity in their enrollment. The Senate approved the proposal two weeks earlier, on April 6, meaning the bill now is eligible for the governor's signature.  The bill, House File 228, is among a package of "school choice" efforts Republicans are pushing for th...

As Grassley weighs his future, Republicans eye his seat He’s been in the Senate for more than four decades and a fixture in Iowa since starting his political career more than 62 years ago. And now at age 87, Republicans in and out of Iowa are buzzing about this key question bound to reshape politics in the state and at the national level: Will Sen. Chuck Grassley call it quits and forgo a bid for an eighth term? In an interview with CNN, Grassley said he would make a decision in “September, October or November. That’s what I’ve been telling everybody.”

Chuck Grassley weighs his future but Republicans eye his US Senate seat in Iowa CNN 3/8/2021 By Manu Raju and Jeff Zeleny, CNN © Steve Pope/Getty Images U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks at the annual Ronald Reagan Commemorative Dinner on, October 25, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. He's been in the Senate for more than four decades and a fixture in Iowa since starting his political career more than 62 years ago. And now at age 87, Republicans in and out of Iowa are buzzing about this key question bound to reshape politics in the state and at the national level: Will S...

Des Moines Register Iowa lawmakers are not moving forward this year with Gov. Kim Reynolds' proposal to ban racial profiling by law enforcement, even as they advance several pro-police measures Reynolds had put forward as part of the same bill. The fragmentation of Reynolds' proposal shows the divides among Republicans, Democrats and civil rights and law enforcement groups on how to move forward to address policing following last summer's pleas for racial justice. In June, as protests were nightly occurrences across Iowa and the nation, the Legislature came together to unanimously pass a...

Iowa Republicans say anti-racial profiling bill appears dead for the year, but pro-police measures still alive Ian Richardson and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register Gov. Reynolds will introduce a bill to protect law enforcement and ban racial profiling Replay Video UP NEXT Iowa lawmakers are not moving forward this year with Gov. Kim Reynolds' proposal to ban racial profiling by law enforcement, even as they advance several pro-police measures Reynolds had put forward as part of the same bill. The fragmentation of Reynolds' proposal shows the divides among Republica...