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A fifth Senate subcommittee was held regarding sports wagering and fantasy sports. Democrat Sen. Tony Bisignano did not sign the bill out of subcommittee...

A pair of bills in the Iowa Senate dealing with vaccinations drew a crowd that lined the hallways outside Room 315 on Tuesday. Despite...

Senate File 64 advanced out of committee today. The bill would create a green alert program for missing veterans-at-risk. There wasn't much discussion about the...

An Iowa House subcommittee passed House File 139 on Tuesday. The bill has been called the "Sore Loser" law because it relates to candidates...

Here is some of what happened at the Senate subcommittee on Iowa's religious liberty bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-obilWZn4&feature=youtu.be

In 1934, Iowa enacted the first sales and income taxes to provide property tax relief. Today, nearly a century later, Iowa taxpayers still face...

"We’re glad that politicians are recognizing what we have known all along—that the Iowa Constitution has strong protections for women’s rights, including abortion access,...

Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement on her decision not to appeal the ruling of Iowa District Court Judge Michael Huppert that Iowa...

Tuesday will be a big day in the Iowa Senate. A subcommittee focused on religious liberty starts the day while there are many other...

“If Dems Were in Control” will be a feature here at The Iowa Standard that looks at some of the bills proposed by Democrats...

Iowa Senators return to the Capitol today with guns and medical cannabidiol on the agenda in Monday's subcommittees. SF 212: Senate File 212 was filed...

New Orleans Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously removed child sex offender early Friday morning in Lake Charles, La., after he was discovered...

A joint collaborative effort between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of...

From the Iowa House Republicans: After a mild beginning to the winter season, January hit the state hard with successive snow storms that blanketed the...

Three Iowa Senators hashed out a bill in subcommittee on Thursday that would take away food stamp assistance for a parent if they are...

From Rep. Lee Hein: One of the biggest issues that the Legislature is considering this session is whether the state should legalize sports betting. This...

Republican Senators Randy Feenstra and Jake Chapman voted a bill to repeal Iowa's inheritance tax through subcommittee on Thursday. Democrat Sen. Herman Quirmbach did...

Two years ago I wrote in opposition to the proposed ban on texting and driving in the Iowa Legislature. And here we are again,...

Not every bill filed in the Iowa Capitol is personal for the legislator who proposed the bill, but Senate File 36 certainly is personal...

Tensions grew late in Thursday's subcommittee on Senate Study Bill 1108. It's a workfare requirement for people who are on SNAP. "What this bill...