Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that ends the requirement for gender equality on boards and commissions. A plan to expand coverage for postpartum assistance has passed in the Iowa House. A new ID system for unemployment benefits is in use, and Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark has received a repeat award.

The Iowa House has passed a bill aimed at improving reading scores of Iowa students. Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill she says will prevent state and local governments from infringing on religious freedom. And business experts say they don’t expect the Baltimore bridge collapse to hurt Midwestern manufacturers very much.

Iowans who were sexually abused by Boy Scout troop leaders decades ago could get less money from a national settlement than victims in other states, unless Iowa changes a state law this month. The wife of a Woodbury County supervisor has been sentenced to four months in prison for election fraud. And the University of Iowa women are headed back to basketball’s Final Four.

A new report finds some Iowans are having a more difficult time getting contraceptives in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. The longest-serving member of the Des Moines School Board has died. And lots of Midwestern communities in the path of next week’s total eclipse are hoping for an economic boost from visitors.

A bipartisan bill passed the Iowa House would allow a court to decide whether eminent domain can be used for projects like Summit Carbon Solutions’ CO2 pipeline. Lawmakers want to know more about payments to former city employees in Davenport. And Iowa State ends its March Madness run in the Sweet 16.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill giving the state more oversight of Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies. The state auditor says he’s concerned about the amount of time the attorney general’s office is taking to review its pause on paying rape victims’ emergency contraceptive reimbursements. And Waterloo is considering moving a rail yard that runs through one of the city’s predominantly Black neighborhoods.

The Iowa Senate has sent legislation to Gov. Kim Reynolds overhauling the state’s Area Education Agencies. The House has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds vote by lawmakers to raise some taxes. And, Davenport has ordered a downtown apartment building vacated over structural concerns.

A top state health official says Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to overhaul Iowa’s behavioral health system will make it easier for people to get help. Sen. Joni Ernst says time is running out for the federal government to fix the college financial aid application process for families applying this year. And the University of Iowa women are headed to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

Senate Republicans could send Gov. Reynolds an education package this week, giving school districts more control over state funding that currently goes to Area Education Agencies. A Woodbury County supervisor whose wife was convicted last year of voter fraud says he won’t run for another term. And bees across the country produced more honey last year.

The Iowa House has passed another version of a bill to change funding and oversight for the state’s Area Education Agencies. A key lawmaker says tax cuts are still up in the air this session, as debate over AEA changes has put tax and budget talks on hold. And one school district in northeast Iowa is working on ways to keep up with the growing demand for child care space.