Iowa Sen. Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale) has introduced legislation to defend Jan. 6 insurrectionists, including a specific rioter named in the bill that beat police officers with a baseball bat. Zaun wants officials involved with detaining Jan. 6 Capitol rioters to be...

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed bills restricting the rights and freedoms of transgender children, just one day after she told Iowa reporters that her “heart goes” out to the kids who will be negatively affected by the bills. One bill prevents trans students...

Iowa 8th District Court Judge Shawn Showers dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kimberly Reicks—a well-known Iowa right-wing activist that advised Gov. Kim Reynolds on school issues—who sought $87 million from the Ankeny School District over a drag show. “The Court has...

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “parental rights” education bill could cost Iowa public schools as much as $62.3 million over a five-day period, according to a fiscal note from the nonpartisan Iowa Legislative Services Agency (LSA). Among the measures included in Reynolds’...

Halfway through the Iowa Legislative Session, Iowa Republicans—who hold large majorities in the House and Senate—have introduced more than 30 bills that target Iowa's LGBTQ community with a specific focus on trans children. Some of the students who would be...

As LGBTQ Iowans and supporters watched from the Iowa House gallery on Wednesday, most Republicans in that chamber signed off on a bill that strips parents of transgender and non-binary kids of the right to make healthcare decisions for their own children. The House...

Following the passage of Gov. Kim Reynolds' voucher bill, Iowa Republicans in the state house have honed in on homophobic bills that attack LGBTQ Iowans. Two of those bills came one step closer to becoming law on Tuesday. During a marathon day of debate, the Iowa...

An Iowa Republican senator introduced a piece of legislation Tuesday that would restrict the powers of the Iowa State Auditor's office. SF 478 would “auditor of state shall not have access to the income tax returns of individuals, or to an individual’s name or...

As funnel week comes to a close in the Iowa Legislature, a number of high-profile bills still have a chance to become law including Gov. Kim Reynolds’ education bill, book-banning bills, and a good number of the 20 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced. Here’s the status of...

The lead sponsor of two bills that would outlaw gay marriage in Iowa—where it has been legal since 2009—told his Iowa House colleague his bills aren’t actually about banning gay marriage despite the language in the bills doing just that. Starting Line acquired a...