2018 Legislative Session

Iowa’s elementary and high school students will be taking brand new standardized tests this school year. They will take the place of the Iowa Test of…

A new workplace drug testing law went into effect this week so Iowa employers will be allowed to discipline more workers for inebriation on the job. The…

A pilot program in four Iowa counties that aims to make the pretrial bond system fairer for all defendants will continue through the end of the year…

A new Iowa law banning physicians from performing most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected is being called the most restrictive abortion ban in…

A Polk County judge Friday temporarily blocked Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” abortion law from being enforced while a legal challenge is underway. The law,…

DNA exonerations for unjustly convicted defendants aren’t happening in Iowa the way they are in other states, and Iowa’s DNA statute has something to do…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into a law a tax overhaul she says will put more money in the pockets of virtually every Iowan. Despite concerns from…

The Republican-sponsored tax reform bill that passed on the last day of the legislative session included some tax advantages for private schools that…

The legislature went 18 days past the planned 100 when it finally adjourned on May 5th. The biggest reason for the delay is because House and Senate…

Gov. Reynolds today defended a bill she signed that will scale back energy efficiency programs in Iowa. Critics say the money available for rebates and…