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about 1 year ago
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Iowa lawmakers consider regents funding increase in budget debate this week

Iowa House and Senate lawmakers started state budget negotiations for the state’s next budget this week — including a...

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about 1 year ago
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This week in Iowa politics | Hinson appointed bipartisan committee investigating China’s influenc...

Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, was appointed to the Bipartisan Select Commi...

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about 1 year ago
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School choice becomes nationwide conservative priority

Iowa is one of the first GOP-led states in the U.S. to expand access to private K-12 education with state taxpayer fu...

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about 1 year ago
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This week in Iowa politics | Senate passes 3 percent increase in state funding for schools, house...

The Iowa Senate passed a bill to increase the state’s allowable budget growth for school funding to 3 percent, half-a...

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about 1 year ago
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Reynolds signs 3 percent funding boost for public schools

Iowa school districts will receive a 3 percent funding boost, about $107 million, in state aid. Gov. Kim Reynolds sig...

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about 1 year ago
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Iowa lawmakers move forward with caps for pain and suffering awards in liability lawsuits

An Iowa City jury awarded a local couple $98 million in damages last November because of negligence by a doctor at th...

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about 1 year ago
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Iowa’s political leaders react to President Joe Biden’s State of The Union Address

Iowa’s political leaders shared their thoughts on President Joe Biden’s political priorities that laid out during his...

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about 1 year ago
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This Week in Iowa Politics | Iowa lawmakers passed a $2 million cap on medical malpractice awards

Iowa lawmakers passed caps on medical malpractice awards in civil cases this week. The law caps compensation for non-...

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about 1 year ago
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Iowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Iowa City police wrongful prosecution case

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from the legal team of an Iowa City man who was charged with, and lat...

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about 1 year ago
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Sen. Chuck Grassley reintroduces bill to curb mass violence incidents after Michigan State Univer...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, led a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday to reintroduce legislation to curb mass v...

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about 1 year ago
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Mike Pence rallies against ‘radical gender ideologies’ in Iowa visit

Former Vice President Mike Pence announced Wednesday — at an event in Cedar Rapids — that Advancing American Freedom,...

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about 1 year ago
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This week in Iowa Politics | Lawmakers send property tax rollback fix to the governor’s desk

Iowa lawmakers sent legislation to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk Thursday that will prevent a $133 million residential prop...

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