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An Iowa House subcommittee advanced a bill Wednesday that would prohibit vaccines from being distributed and administered in Iowa unless the vaccine manufacturer waives legal immunities, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/b...

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Iowa law enforcement officials could be subject to a Class D felony charge if they defy state law on immigration enforcement under a bill approved by a House subcommittee Wednesday, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/b...

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Democratic mayors from four major cities Wednesday rejected House Republicans’ accusations they have resisted President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations by limiting cooperation with federal immigration officials, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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A bill advanced from the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday that would establish a pilot program to reduce the average, statewide use of commercial nitrogen fertilizer, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/i...

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The National Institutes of Health won’t be able to implement an across-the-board cap on how much it pays research universities and medical schools for indirect costs, under a federal court order released Wednesday, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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Democrats on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee pushed back Wednesday over what they see as attacks by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Social Security benefits, Shauneen Miranda reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health appeared poised for Senate confirmation following a Wednesday hearing, though he still has several hurdles to overcome before taking over the agency, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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The U.S. Education Department faces yet another lawsuit over its sweeping Dear Colleague letter threatening to rescind federal funds for schools that use race-conscious practices across aspects of student life, Shauneen Miranda reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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The Senate Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would bar the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from purchasing land at auction, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/senat...

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Iowans would have to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week to remain eligible for Medicaid health care coverage under legislation that passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/medic...

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Iowa’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman is again asking state lawmakers to increase the monthly allowance that nursing home residents collect through Medicaid for personal living expenses, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/l...

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Legislation that would criminalize sleeping and camping on public property while allowing cities and counties to create designated areas for homeless encampments did not advance in a Senate subcommittee meeting Wednesday, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/h...

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The Iowa Board of Nursing has charged a central Iowa psychiatric nurse with incompetence and unethical conduct in the practice of nursing, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/p...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to continue payments on $2 billion in foreign aid that had been frozen, overturning an administrative stay entered in late February, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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A bill that would reserve half of state-funded grant dollars for private-university students seeking degrees in high-demand job fields passed through the Iowa House Higher Education Committee Tuesday, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/house...

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The U.S. has yet to see federal regulations of cryptocurrency, so states have proposed laws themselves, Paige Gross reports. In Iowa, a bill would allow the state treasurer to invest public funds in cryptocurrency. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/05/r...

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President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments and the need for billions in federal funds for immigration enforcement during his first address to Congress since returning to the White House, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/r...

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The House Education Committee voted 14-9 Tuesday to advance legislation removing state funding from public libraries that pay dues to organizations like the Iowa Library Association or American Library Association, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/bill-...

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A subcommittee in the Iowa Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would put new limitations on pipelines and other projects seeking eminent domain -- but not for the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/i...

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A four-year controversy that has shaken South Dakota’s Republican political establishment culminated Tuesday in the Legislature’s passage of a ban on eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines, @southdakotasearchlight.com reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/s...

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The General Services Administration released a list Tuesday of more than 440 buildings owned by the federal government – including two in Iowa -- that it may sell off in the months ahead, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/r...

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The Iowa Senate Education Committee passed legislation Tuesday addressing Bible courses in public schools, as well as a requirement that the University of Iowa create a "school of intellectual freedom," Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/s...

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As President Donald Trump gives his first address to Congress of his second term, among the hundreds of guests in attendance will be federal employees fired by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/r...

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The Iowa Board of Nursing will consider next month whether to award a license to a Scott County woman convicted of bilking dozens of people out of $2.9 million in a precious-metals scheme, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/w...

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In her first hours as the new Education secretary, Linda McMahon wasted no time informing U.S. Education Department employees in an email titled “Our Department’s Final Mission” of her plans to “overhaul” the federal agency, Shauneen Miranda reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/r...

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Iowa’s age limit on owning firearms would be lowered from 21 to 18 under a bill advanced by a House Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-...

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Iowa senators advanced a bill Tuesday to implement nutrition guidelines and education in Iowa schools that prioritize the state’s “unique” food sources like corn, pork and dairy, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/i...

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A state’s policies on reproductive issues, including abortion, are likely to affect where people decide to take a job or start a family, according to a new poll, @kelciemmorris.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/r...

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The Iowa House Health and Human Services Committee voted 14-6 to advance a bill that would allocate $1 million to the Double Up Food Bucks program, if federal food assistance for Iowans is limited to healthy food purchases only, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-...

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The U.S. Senate failed to advance a measure Monday night that would bar transgender students from participating on women’s school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, @shauneenm.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/r...

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A bill banning gene-based vaccines, like some forms of the COVID-19 vaccine, received approval from a Senate subcommittee Monday, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/b...

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President Donald Trump announced that tariffs would be placed on Canada and Mexico, and additional ones on China, beginning Tuesday, a move that could affect the cost of goods anywhere from tequila to cars to iPhones, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/r...

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Former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon will be the next secretary of Education, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her bid Monday, @shauneenm.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/r...

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The Social Security Administration, tasked with running the program relied on by more than 73 million Americans, has begun to reorganize and slash staff, leading to major concerns among Democrats in Congress, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/r...

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An Iowa nursing home run by an out-of-state company with a long history of regulatory violations has been hit with $64,750 in state fines tied to 28 state and federal violations, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/i...

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Four Iowa community colleges will use a combined almost $4 million in state funding to develop or expand career academies for student and workforce needs, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-...

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that another round of active-duty troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming weeks at the behest of President Donald Trump, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/r...

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A House Education subcommittee unanimously advanced a bill Monday to require school districts provide free feminine hygiene products, like tampons and menstrual pads, in school restrooms, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/b...

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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley joined an Iowa Farmers Union virtual town hall on Monday to discuss federal actions that have impacted farmers in Iowa, including freezes on grant programs and imposed foreign tariffs, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/s...

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The Iowa Board of Nursing has issued an emergency order suspending the license of a Davenport nurse previously charged with drug offenses, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/03/b...

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Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid as a source for hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to pay for tax cuts. Here’s a look at what the program does, who it serves and what cuts might mean, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/02/r...

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Across the country, state lawmakers are finding rare bipartisan ground on an increasingly urgent issue for educators and parents: banning cellphone use in schools, but enforcement is inconsistent in places with existing policies, @stateline.org reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/01/s...

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President Donald Trump got into a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the White House, @jennifershutt.bsky.social and @shauneenm.bsky.social report. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/r...

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Congressional leaders are moving to overturn the federal government’s new nursing home staffing mandates as part of a larger effort to cut Medicaid and other forms of government spending, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/c...

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Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a measure Friday to remove protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/g...

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For the first time ever, financial aid given to undergraduate students by state universities has surpassed the amount provided by the federal government, according to the Iowa Board of Regents, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/s...

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Iowa’s House delegation voted in favor of the House GOP budget resolution, despite criticisms from members of some Iowa groups who said the proposal will cut Medicaid and food assistance benefits for Iowans, Robin Opsahl reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/d...

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As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration’s firings of federal scientists and other actions will undermine efforts to track the virus and protect Americans, @stateline.org reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/a...

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Jasper County’s administrator of veterans’ affairs was fired late last year after three months of surveillance on her activities within the county office, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/f...

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“Kids who want to see obscene materials don’t go to school or library to get it. They just pull their internet-connect smartphone out of their pocket,” guest columnist Daniel P. Finney writes via Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/28/l...

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