Citizen-led boards to review police misconduct would be banned in Iowa cities under a bill advanced Tuesday by Republicans on an Iowa Senate panel.

Republicans on an Iowa House panel advanced a proposed constitutional amendment Wednesday that would help restore the option for some child crime victims to testify remotely in a trial rather than face their alleged abuser in the courtroom.

A bill aimed at boosting the number of physicians in Iowa long term advanced in an Iowa House subcommittee Wednesday.

The chair of Iowa’s House Judiciary Committee says one of his priorities this legislative session is passing an anti-SLAPP law. SLAPPs, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, are lawsuits intended to censor and intimidate critics.

Republicans on an Iowa Senate panel advanced a bill Tuesday that would ban cities from having citizen police review boards to review police misconduct and discipline.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked lawmakers to use about $700 million of state savings to cover the gap between her proposed budget and the amount of revenue the state is expecting in the coming fiscal year.

A bill that would make it a crime to let people pet sharks has been tabled in the Iowa Legislature. It’s a response to a shark bite that happened in Iowa last year.

The head of the Iowa National Guard says construction will begin on a $14 million maintenance facility later this year. Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn made the announcement during his Condition of the Guard address Thursday morning.

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen asked legislators to raise the salaries of judges in her annual Condition of the Judiciary address Wednesday.

A central Iowa lawmaker is proposing that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties located on the other side of the state’s northern border. State Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, is sponsoring a bill to get the ball rolling.