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Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The vote came during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the
Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The vote came during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the
Unsplash Last Thursday, the Iowa Senate passed a bill that would create a school-choice option and alter how public schools are funded. Major education reforms are afoot in the Iowa legislature. Last Thursday, the Iowa Senate passed SF 159, which would alter how public dollars are allocated to public schools. "In general, it provides pathways for state funding to go to private schools, and independent charter schools in ways they haven't before," said IPR's central Iowa reporter Grant Gerlock. "And this is not technically vouchers, but it's effectively the same thing. They would move funding ...