After a more than hour-long, heated debate on a proposal to provide licensing and training for school staff who want to carry firearms for protection, the Iowa House approved the bill, 61-34, on Wednesday.
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After a lengthy debate on the floor of the Iowa House, lawmakers approved a bill on party lines late Wednesday night that would reform social studies education in K-12 schools by mandating curriculum.
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Under a bill passed in the Iowa House on Wednesday, sex education classrooms across the state could soon show a video, titled “Meet Baby Olivia,” on fetal development produced by the anti-abortion...
Under a bill unanimously approved by Iowa Senate lawmakers on Tuesday, manufacturers and restaurants with plant-based or lab-grown meat alternatives would have to clarify their marketing by including...
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ ban on mask mandates in schools on Tuesday after a lengthy legal battle where parents and disability rights advocates argued it...
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
• February 27, 2024
Karry Putzy’s father, a teacher himself, told her not to go into teaching — warning her about the extra stresses and challenges of being an educator — but Putzy didn’t listen. Now, with 30 years...
As Iowa lawmakers consider legislation to codify the Iowa Board of Regents’ efforts to reduce the number of diversity equity and inclusion offices in Iowa’s public universities, anti-DEI advocate...
A bill to raise teacher starting pay advanced out of the Iowa House budget committee Wednesday with an amendment.
House File 2611 would raise the minimum teacher starting salary to $47,500 in the first...
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
• February 23, 2024
More than 100 Iowa City residents placed nonbinary flags, flowers, and lanterns on the steps of the Old Capitol at a Friday night vigil in remembrance of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary teenager...
Iowa House Republicans passed a bill Thursday to allow 3 percent of growth in supplemental state aid to public school districts, despite House Democrats urging that the increase is not enough.
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The Iowa House is feeling the Caitlin Clark fever.
On Thursday, the Iowa House unanimously voted to designate Feb. 22 as “Caitlin Clark Day” in honor of the West Des Moines player’s record-breaking...
Iowa lawmakers heard from dozens of Iowans on their proposal to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies on Wednesday. The bill, House File 2612, a diluted version of Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’...
