Iowa STEM teachers and programs honored at State Capitol
Governor Kim Reynolds honored STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programs from across the state at the Capitol on Monday. Among the honorees were six educators, who were given STEM Teacher of the Year awards.
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Iowa becomes first state to remove civil rights protections
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.
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Capitol Notebook: Punishment proposed for Iowa law enforcement for not cooperating with federal immigration
House Study Bill 285 would make it a Class D felony for law enforcement officers, including county sheriffs, to “knowingly and intentionally” fail to comply with federal immigration officers. A Class D felony is punishable by up to five years in jail and a fine between $1,025 and $10,245.
Hundreds of Iowans gather in the rain to ‘march forth against fascism’ at Iowa Capitol
Tuesday's protest comes after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 418, removing gender identity as a protected class from Iowa's civil rights act.
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Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs bill remove gender identity protections from state's civil rights code
Kim Reynolds (@IAGovernor) February 28, 2025 Five House Republicans joined all Democrats in the House and Senate in voting against the bill. Iowa state Rep ... into the Capitol rotunda on Thursday ...
Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
Iowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. Republican Gov.
Iowa becomes first state to end transgender civil rights protections
The bill created explicit legal definitions of female and male based on the reproductive organs with which they were born.