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Bills on Elections, Immigration and Guns Squeak Past Legislature’s ‘Funnel’ Deadline
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March 7, 20256 min read DM

Bills on Elections, Immigration and Guns Squeak Past Legislature’s ‘Funnel’ Deadline

By Robin Opsahl Iowa lawmakers approved bills on elections, firearms and immigration law enforcement Thursday just ahead of the Legislature’s first “funnel” deadline of the

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Iowa House panel votes to lower firearm age limit 18
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March 4, 20253 min read DM

Iowa House panel votes to lower firearm age limit 18

By Robin Opsahl  Iowa’s age limit on owning firearms would be lowered from 21 to 18 under a bill advanced by a House Judiciary subcommittee

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Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bill repealing civil rights protections for gender identity
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March 3, 20255 min read DM

Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bill repealing civil rights protections for gender identity

By Robin Opsahl Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a measure Friday to remove protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity from the

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Iowa House advances bill to update election recount procedures
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February 28, 20253 min read DM

Iowa House advances bill to update election recount procedures

By Cami Koons A bill advancing in the Iowa House would change parts of the process for election recounts in Iowa, including a new composition

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Iowa lawmakers work to restrict medication abortion access, inform about abortion pill reversal
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February 26, 20255 min read DM

Iowa lawmakers work to restrict medication abortion access, inform about abortion pill reversal

By: Cami Koons An Iowa House subcommittee advanced a bill Tuesday that would restrict access to abortion medication by mail, require physicians to inform patients

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Iowa Secretary of State’s Bill on Voter Citizenship Verification Advances
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February 25, 20255 min read DM

Iowa Secretary of State’s Bill on Voter Citizenship Verification Advances

  Secretary of State Paul Pate’s legislative proposal on voter registration verification was advanced by a Senate subcommittee Thursday. Pate called for the bill after

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Iowa Secretary of State’s Bill on Voter Citizenship Verification Advances
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February 25, 20255 min read DM

Iowa Secretary of State’s Bill on Voter Citizenship Verification Advances

  Secretary of State Paul Pate’s legislative proposal on voter registration verification was advanced by a Senate subcommittee Thursday. Pate called for the bill after

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Bills Advance To Increase Pipeline Insurance Requirements and IUC Attendance at Meetings
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February 25, 20255 min read DM

Bills Advance To Increase Pipeline Insurance Requirements and IUC Attendance at Meetings

by Cami Koons,  Iowa lawmakers advanced bills aimed at protecting landowners through the permitting, construction and operation of liquid hazardous pipelines.  The bills, which passed

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Lawmakers Advance Carbon Pipeline Moratorium and Bill Regulating Land Agents
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February 21, 20254 min read DM

Lawmakers Advance Carbon Pipeline Moratorium and Bill Regulating Land Agents

By: Seth Tupper South Dakota lawmakers advanced bills Friday at the Capitol in Pierre that would put a moratorium on carbon dioxide pipelines until new

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Lawmakers Vote Down 6 Bills To Limit Carbon Capture in North Dakota
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February 17, 20254 min read DM

Lawmakers Vote Down 6 Bills To Limit Carbon Capture in North Dakota

Members of the North Dakota House on Friday showed their commitment to pipelines and energy development, voting down six bills that would have taxed or

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