A House panel has advanced a bill that would change Iowa’s election recount procedures and bar election officials from receiving private donations to help run elections. Republicans on an Iowa House committee have approved a wide-ranging bill to ban vaccine and mask mandates. Plus, a proposal that targets books that some parents find obscene has advanced in the Iowa Senate ahead of a legislative deadline this week.
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
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