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Governor’s legislative priorities dominate funnel week

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislative priorities all survived the first major legislative deadline in one form or anoth...

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Reynolds’ income tax cut advances in Senate

Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to accelerate cuts to the state income tax on Monday....

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Politics Notebook | Iowa lawmakers advance supplemental state aid proposal

Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Thursday to allow 3 percent of growth in Supplemental State Aid to Iowa’s publ...

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Iowa House Area Education Agency overhaul advances

Iowa House lawmakers’ new plan to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies advanced out of the Iowa House Education Co...

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Iowa lawmakers advance Governor’s cuts to boards and commissions, mergers

Iowa lawmakers advanced two separate, but similar proposals Wednesday to overhaul several state boards and commission...

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Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate Republicans advance bill to allow state departments to hire priva...

Iowa lawmakers advanced two separate, but similar proposals Wednesday to overhaul several state boards and commission...

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds rejects summer food program as local resources strain

While fresh fruit might be a household staple for many, it’s out of Mandi Remington’s budget. The single mom of three...

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Politics Notebook | Iowa House Lawmakers advance bill to allow felons to run for president

Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill Tuesday that would allow felons to run for federal office to prevent former Pr...

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Iowa lawmakers advance governor’s K-12 teacher reading literacy bill

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s proposal to revamp the state’s reading education program was advanced out of an Iowa Senate ...

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Iowans speak on bill to define ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in Iowa code

Chanting from a raucous, boisterous crowd of protestors filled the Iowa Capitol on Monday as LGBTQ+ Iowans protested ...

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Iowa lawmakers advance Reynolds’ proposal to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to expand Medicaid coverage for mothers and newborns gathered mixed responses from m...

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Iowa lawmakers quickly advance Gov. Reynolds’ bill defining men, women

Iowa lawmakers quickly advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s bill to legally define “men” and “women” in Iowa law on Tues...

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