School districts in Iowa will have to ban cellphones during instructional time starting this upcoming school year. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that establishes a ban, but lets schools have tougher policies if they choose.

The Iowa Senate passed a bill setting new standards for pharmacy benefit managers that lawmakers said will help keep rural pharmacies in business and lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Seven Republican senators and two Democrats spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday to ask GOP leaders to let them vote on a bill that would limit eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.

The state of Iowa’s definition of bullying in schools would change under a bill that’s headed to the governor’s desk.

Iowa schools, colleges and child care providers would have to provide information about vaccine requirement exemptions under a bill that’s on its way to the governor’s desk.

Senate File 146 would prohibit the use of automated bots to purchase online tickets at concerts and sporting events.

Iowa House and Senate Republicans are $36 million apart on their state budget proposals as they try to negotiate an end to Iowa’s 2025 legislative session.

The 2025 legislative session is scheduled to end, but there's still work to be done. IPR reporters Katarina Sostaric and Meghan McKinney go over what's going on in the Iowa Legislature.

The bill, proposed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and amended by lawmakers, would use $16 million of existing child care funding for new partnerships that provide a full day of care to 4-year-olds in preschool, among several other changes.

Local grocers could see greater financial assistance from the state under a proposal passed out of the Iowa House Thursday.