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Iowa governor signs gender-affirming care ban, bathroom law
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a pair of laws restricting the bathrooms transgender students can use and banning gender-affirming medical care amid a flood of legislation nationwide targeting the trans community. Reynolds, a Republican, met with parents...
School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material. Sara Hayden Parris says that whatever you want to call it, it's wrong for some parents to...
Iowa lawmakers send school bathroom bill to governor
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Transgender students won't be allowed to use a public school restroom in Iowa that aligns with their gender identity under a bill that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds was expected to sign into law after it got final legislative approval Thursday. The bill...
Editorial Roundup: Iowa
Quad City Times. March 3, 2023. Editorial: Let’s keep state politics out of school libraries Remember that deafening cry from Iowa students about the books in their classrooms and in their libraries? We don’t either. That’s because...
Iowa lawmakers OK public money for private school students
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Any Iowa student who wants to attend a private school could use public money to pay for tuition or other expenses under a plan passed Tuesday by the Legislature and quickly signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, making the state the third to pass a measure that allows such...
Editorial Roundup: Iowa
Dubuque Telegraph Herald. January 18, 2023. Editorial: Iowa Senate change could have chilling effect on public access A change in the Iowa Senate last year appears even more immutable as the opening of the current legislative session revealed a more permanent home for...
Iowa National Guard commander to retire in March
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa National Guard’s commander plans to retire this spring. The Des Moines Register reported that Gov. Kim Reynolds announced to a crowd of veterans at the state Capitol on Wednesday that Maj. Gen. Benjamin Corell will step down March 1. Corell said...
Iowa Gov. Reynolds seeks state funding for private schools
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Every Iowa student would have the option of using more than $7,500 in state money annually to pay for private school under a plan Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed Tuesday night in the annual Condition of the State speech. Reynolds, a Republican, has tried...
Iowa lawmakers turn to taxes, guns, private school funding
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature got back to work Monday with Republicans holding even larger majorities in both chambers and goals of approving more tax cuts, further easing gun restrictions and spending public money to fund private schools. Republicans have controlled...
Editorial Roundup: Iowa
Dubuque Telegraph Herald. January 8, 2023. Editorial: More must be done to address shortage of volunteer emergency responders Still haven’t settled on a New Year’s resolution? Instead of that no-carb diet that will wane in a few months, consider doing something...
