2024 Legislative Session

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that eliminates or changes more than 80 state boards and commissions as part of her effort to reorganize state government, despite concerns raised about changes to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.

Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected to sign a bill into law this week that would merge, eliminate, and change the duties of many state boards and commissions.

UpLift gives monthly payments to low-income households in Dallas, Warren and Polk counties. Five women told how they use the money as the program marks its one-year anniversary.

Lab-grown and plant-based meat alternatives would have to be labeled as fake or imitation products. The law also prohibits school districts, community colleges and public universities in Iowa from purchasing lab-grown meat and any foods misbranded as meat or egg products.

The U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two lawsuits Thursday to block enforcement of a new Iowa law that would let state officials arrest and deport immigrants who are in Iowa after previously being deported or denied entry to the country.

The bill signed into law Tuesday requires extra support for kids who are behind in reading and puts an emphasis on the science of reading in teacher prep programs.

One resident was fatally injured and more than 40 homes were destroyed following an EF3-rated tornado that hit the southwest Iowa town of Minden late last week.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a nearly $1 billion tax cut into law Wednesday that will lower the state’s personal income tax to a flat rate of 3.8% in 2025.

While the Iowa Senate passed a bill that would ban motorists' handheld use of cell phones behind the wheel in 2023, it failed to advance in this year's session after the proposal was combined with legislation that would ban traffic enforcement cameras.

Over a beer at Big Grove in Cedar Rapids, Iowa commentators discuss the latest headlines, including a recently passed foreign aid package and an Iowa law allowing teachers and school staff to carry guns in school.