Legislative Briefs

An overhaul of Iowa’s property tax system would begin sooner and allow local governments to collect more revenue in times of high inflation under updated legislation released Wednesday by the Republican chairmen of the Legislature’s tax-writing committees.

Iowa senators voted Monday to increase the floor and ceiling of the fund that pays Iowa farmers in the event that their grain buyer goes broke.

A bill that would further prohibit the ability of a remote-piloted aircraft, or drone, to fly over farmland needs final approval from the Senate before it can be sent to the governor.

A Senate subcommittee moved forward with the second step in amending the state constitution Wednesday to require a two-thirds majority vote of the Legislature for income tax increases.

Iowa firefighters and law enforcement on the state’s municipal retirement system would have expanded cancer coverage under a bill passed out of the Senate Wednesday.

Leaders of community mental health centers in Iowa say they’re concerned about a bill that would route certain federal funding to a state agency before it reaches them.

Laundry detergent, toilet paper and vitamins would be exempt from Iowa’s sales tax, according to a group of proposals unanimously advanced by House subcommittees Wednesday.

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to ban cellphones in schools during instructional time is one step closer to becoming law.

Republicans in the Iowa Senate passed a bill Monday that aims to strengthen checks of voters’ citizenship status.