Iowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. Republican Gov.

Governor Kim Reynolds used her 2025 Condition of the State address to call on lawmakers to pass a ban on handling a smart phone while driving. (Iowa PBS photo) Handling a cell phone while driving ...

In a statement released by her office after the bill was signed, Reynolds – a Republican and first woman to hold the governor's office in Iowa — said the Civil Rights Code blurred the ...

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill on Friday that removes protections for transgender people in the state’s civil rights code. While not every state has protections for transgender ...

Iowa became the first state to strike anti-discrimination ... Democrats controlled both chambers of the legislature and the governor’s office. President Trump, who signed an executive order ...

NOW TO AVOID THAT AREA. AND BREAKING NEWS FROM THE IOWA STATE HOUSE, A BILL THAT WOULD BAN CELL PHONE USE BEHIND THE WHEEL IS HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK. THE HOUSE PASSED SENATE FILE 22 IN AN ...

Coming up on KCCI 8 news close up, Iowa could go hands-free. The momentum the governor's no cell phone while driving bill is gaining in the state house in the next steps to get it passed.

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State lawmakers and the governor could see their salaries increase, in some cases by more than 75%, in 2027 under a bill in the Iowa Senate. Senate File 464 would increase the salary for state ...

The governor’s signature came one day after Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature quickly passed the bill. It was introduced last week. The Iowa senate approved the bill less than an hour ...

Governor Kim Reynolds posted a message on her ... D.C. publication called The Hill. She announced Iowa is the first state to submit a plan to have federal education dollars delivered as a block ...