From the start of session to a surprise, last-minute push, the 89th General Assembly has a been a minefield for LGBTQ Iowans. Particularly those who are transgender. The longest-lasting push to restrict the rights of trans youth in the state has been one to ban...
Continuing a fight they’ve been waging since 2018, Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have fully passed language to deny the right to abortion exists in the Iowa Constitution. The proposed state constitutional amendment passed today in the Senate and last night in...
For years, Iowa has been the reigning champion in number of structurally deficient bridges in the state. The ranking comes from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, which found 19% of Iowa’s 23,982 bridges are structurally deficient — 4,571 in...
In March, the Iowa state legislature passed a new election law that made it harder for Iowans to vote by shortening early voting, putting restrictions on absentee ballots and changing the way the voter list is maintained--despite widespread opposition and clear...
The effort to help Americans (and Iowans) recover from the COVID-19 pandemic continues. In addition to an extended filing deadline for taxes and the waiving of unemployment taxes, Americans will also receive an increased tax credit for dependent children for 2021....
If at any time last year you received unemployment benefits, a portion or all of those benefits will not be taxed. Iowa’s Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne worked with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) to add a provision to President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan, the...
As the Iowa legislative session enters its eighteenth week, a few funding issues stand in the way of the session adjourning. But after meetings between House and Senate Republicans and Gov. Kim Reynolds, the final piece may be ready. “This bill is the pathway...
Hundreds of thousands of Iowans lost their active voter registration status last month due to a new sweeping elections law that state Republicans passed in 2021.
As demand for vaccines wanes, Iowa is pushing to scoop up the wary and those who haven’t had an opportunity to get vaccinated before now. In a Wednesday press conference, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state is working with local health departments to host pop-up...
The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed another child death from COVID-19. “The child was under the age of five, and had significant underlying health conditions,” Sarah Ekstrand, the public information officer for IDPH, said in an email to Starting...
