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The people who spent this spring covering the Iowa Statehouse discuss an eventful session for the Republican-controlled legislature.
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Iowa lawmakers have gaveled out for the last time this year.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Thursday that will provide an estimated $100 million in property tax relief while limiting local government spending.
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Iowa’s 2023 legislative session ended in the early afternoon Thursday after nearly four months of action.
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A bill removing work restrictions for teenagers is revised. Democrats still oppose it but say this newly amended version is much better than what was proposed earlier in the session. All the budgets are now passed but many have status quo or small increases, including the education budget. It also has a hiring freeze for university diversity, equity and inclusion departments. And the caucuses are coming in less than a year. A bill would prohibit some proposed changes to prevent any kind of mail in ballot.
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Funding for higher ed would increase for community colleges, but not in general state funding for public universities. Lawmakers also want to know about their diversity initiatives.
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Economic peril looms in the face of a fast-approaching debt deadline.
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Republicans in the Iowa Senate sent a bill to the governor’s desk Wednesday that would loosen some child labor laws.
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The Republican Party of Iowa says the Democrats' "mail-in" presidential preference plan would kill the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses altogether as Iowa Democrats try to stay flexible in their ongoing calendar battle with the DNC.
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The Iowa Legislature voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to send a bill to the governor’s desk that aims to provide property tax relief for Iowans.