Could Iowa finally get on board with the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact (MIPRC)? A new legislative bill hints at that possibility. An Iowa House Transportation Committee hearing was...
Some Iowa Republicans—including Gov. Kim Reynolds—have proposed changes to the state’s sexual education curriculum that could remove instruction about AIDS and/or the human papillomavirus (HPV)...
Republicans angry the party they voted for was giving companies tax credits to take farmland to build carbon capture pipelines let their representative know it at her first town hall of the year....
House Republicans are designing their special government oversight public hearings on school book banning so that they only get input from parents who agree with them. Last week, the House...
Iowa Sen. Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville) is hellbent on removing social-emotional learning (SEL) from the state’s public schools, and she has a small but vocal and politically-motivated group of...
A national nonprofit group that promotes taking away earned unemployment benefits has awarded Iowa its top prize for adding more restrictions for folks on unemployment. The American Institute for...
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office filed a bill Thursday that would fine school districts up to $5,000 for violating what her bill calls "parental rights" in education. The first violation would result in...
Opponents of a bill that could expand more types of work to younger Iowans had "real problems" with the bill, including a provision exempting nearly all liability from businesses who employ...
Band and show choir kids across Iowa may have reason to rejoice this year because of a new proposal coming from the Iowa Senate Education Committee. SF161 would change language to excuse students...
This month, UE Local 896, The Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS)—the labor union representing nearly 2,000 graduate teaching assistants and research assistants at the University of...
