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Lawmakers faced their second legislative deadline last week. In the second “funnel week,” lawmakers reduced the number of bills in play for the 2024 session.
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A bill that would prohibit Iowa cities from having citizen police review boards to review police misconduct and discipline was approved Tuesday by a House committee.
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The Iowa House Ethics Committee unanimously dismissed a complaint Tuesday against Republican Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour that alleged he abused his power by voting to use taxpayer dollars for private schools, and then leading the development of a new private school that intends to use that funding.
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The second legislative deadline for lawmakers to get most bills approved by a committee is coming up at the end of this week.
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Republicans in the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would raise criminal penalties for nonconsensually causing "the death of an unborn person.” Democrats said they fear it would jeopardize IVF access in Iowa.
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Over two years, the bill would increase the minimum salary schools can pay teachers from $33,500 per year to $50,000.
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Republicans in the Iowa House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban absentee ballot drop boxes and make it harder to challenge Donald Trump’s ability to appear on the ballot in Iowa.
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A bill passed in the Iowa House would ban guaranteed income programs such as the UpLift pilot program currently underway in three central Iowa counties.
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The Iowa House pushed forward with its answer to Reynolds’ Area Education Agency overhaul and the Legislature sent its first bills to the governor’s desk to become law.
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Iowa House Republicans voted Thursday to send a bill to the governor’s desk they said will prevent state and local government from infringing on Iowans’ religious freedom. Opponents of the so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act said it opens the door to discrimination.