Iowa House and Senate lawmakers started state budget negotiations for the state’s next budget this week — including a 2.5 percent increase for Iowa’s public universities.
Gov. Kim Reynolds...
Students in Iowa attending private schools will now receive $7,600 in state tax dollars after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the Students First Act, her largest legislative priority, Tuesday.
The state-funded...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• January 22, 2023
Following the 2022 election, five new delegates represent Johnson County in the Iowa Legislature. While most are in the minority party, they jumped right into focusing on education, fentanyl precautions,...
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ school choice program known as the ‘Students First Act’ passed a vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday morning, only one day after it was referred to the committee.
The...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• January 18, 2023
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed “Students First Act” will advance to the House floor for debate early next week after the House Education Reform committee voted to pass the bill out of committee...
Republican leadership in the Iowa House and Senate are rapidly advancing the private school voucher legislation to a floor vote after it was introduced by Gov. Kim Reynolds early last week.
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A coalition of 34 Republican representatives, including House Speaker Pat Grassley and Majority Leader Matt Windschitl, introduced legislation prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender...
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen highlighted the shortage of court reporters and contract attorneys as the main problems the Iowa Judicial Branch is facing during her third State...
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivered the 2023 State of the Judiciary at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday. Christensen addressed a lack of court reporters, moving...
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Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• January 10, 2023
Gov. Kim Reynolds took the podium on Tuesday night in front of a packed Iowa House Chamber at the Iowa Statehouse for her sixth consecutive Condition of the State address. Using the state’s recent...
Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered the 2023 Condition of the State at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday. Reynolds focused her speech on education, public health, and streamlining legislation.
