Iowa's Governor Signs a Bill Removing Gender Identity Protections From the State’s Civil Rights Code Iowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code Associated PressFeb. 28, 2025
A bill pending in the Iowa legislature to help control illegal immigration by requiring employers to use the E-Verify system has overwhelming support from the state’s voters. A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports andNumbersUSAfinds that 73% of Likely Iowa Voters believe the...
The Iowa Legislature’s 2022 session dragged into mid-May with a stumbling block: a school voucher bill that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed to what usually has been the receptive, Republican-led House and Senate.The voucher bill, in the Students First Act, would create 10,000 vouchers...
Our legislature could be doing something positive to restore Iowa as a beacon for youngsters, but insteadthey divert attention with this kind of horse shit: A bill to outlaw minors from being present at drag shows could have wider implications for access to art and transgender rights, opponents ...
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They’d have to tell the legislature and Governor Kim Reynolds whether each program should remain. The bill passed out of its subcommittee unanimously this morning. Andy Conlin, a lobbyist representing the Cicero Institute, a conservative think tank, says the bill is needed to make sure universi...
some Meskwaki returned to Iowa and settled near Tama, where the Meskwaki Settlement exists today. In a rare move, the Iowa Legislature passed a law in 1856 allowing the Meskwaki to purchase land. Conversely, the U.S. government forcibly removed the Ho-Chunk tribe from Iowa in 1848 and the...
The Iowa Legislature first approved the tax-free weekend in 2000, waiving the normal 6-7% sales tax. Best scenic drives in Iowa It's time to hit the road—Stackercompiled a list of the best scenic drives in Iowa using data from Tripadvisor as of March 2024. ...
House Study Bill 30has been introduced in the Iowa legislature and it's headed to the House floor. A New Test Canva The bill wouldrequire high school students in Iowa to take and pass the "United States Citizenship And Immigration Services Naturalization Civics Test" in order to ...
Bills limiting cellphone use by mandating voice-activated or hands-free technology while driving have been introduced in the Iowa Legislature since 2019, but all attempts at passage have been unsuccessful."This is not a political issue. This is a safety issue," Peter Bengtson said. "Lawmakers ...