A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Thursday:
The 14 members include five Republicans and nine who are registered as nonpartisan. There are no Democrats, despite the large proportion of Af…
DES MOINES — Up to 30 Iowa State Patrol officers will be redeployed for about two weeks to the U.S.-Mexico border to help law enforcement and …
DES MOINES — Iowa Republicans on Tuesday berated federal Democrats for engaging in a partisan “power grab” in trying to “ram through” sweeping…
DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order on Tuesday launching a task force to explore carbon sequestration and the opportuniti…
DES MOINES — Danny Homan, the leader of Iowa’s largest public employee union who has been an outspoken critic of the state restricting collect…
Sen. Chuck Grassley punched back at recent polling suggesting nearly two-thirds of Iowa voters think it’s time for a new face representing the…
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The Waterloo and Council Bluffs school districts will conduct separate early education pilot programs in partnership with the state education …
An Iowa judge this week blocked a state law that would have imposed the 24-hour waiting period. Reynolds’ appeal puts the case on track for th…
The IT manager opposes teaching the critical race theory in Nebraska schools.
About 25 Nebraska state troopers will deploy this week to the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics who consider the deployment political want more tran…
CEDAR RAPIDS — A district court judge in Cedar Rapids has blocked a law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last year that requires a 24-hour waiting …
"Make no mistake: critical race theory is an attack on our country's core values," Gov. Pete Ricketts says.
UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green said talks about what constitutes an educational benefit and what doesn't have been ongoing and will continue: “Th…
“It’s disturbing, and it is disappointing that a Nebraska senator would essentially ignore the separation of powers and a citizen’s right to a…
State Sen. Joni Albrecht's decision to delay her bill dismayed Julane Hill, a retired educator who testified in favor of it. Hill said the bil…
DAVENPORT — Jeno Berta, the 83-year-old man who is retiring and selling his Davenport bar, said he has been living the American dream since he…
The new tax rate, which reflects a reduction in the wholesale price of fuel, will drop from 28.7 cents a gallon to 27.7 cents a gallon effecti…
A team of about 25 troopers will travel from Nebraska to Del Rio, Texas, later this month in response to a request from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Amanda Benson's attorney is asking a federal judge to order the city to immediately initiate disciplinary proceedings, prohibit him from being…
DES MOINES — Environmentalists expressed disappointment Friday with an Iowa Supreme Court decision to dismiss their legal challenge to the sta…
DES MOINES — Child care should be considered infrastructure and belongs in the federal infrastructure funding package being crafted in Congres…
IOWA CITY — A divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday banned police from searching people’s uncollected trash without a warrant, outlawing an inv…
DES MOINES -- Child care should be considered infrastructure and belongs in the federal infrastructure funding package being crafted in Congre…
While the move to make Juneteenth a federal holiday was widely supported by Nebraska politicians, a state senator cautioned against oversimpli…
