Iowa, bill to criminalize homelessness

Iowa House lawmakers advance bill to criminalize homelessness, Senate tables
Iowa House lawmakers advanced a bill to criminalize homelessness Wednesday, making unauthorized camping on public property a simple misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days in jail and up to an $855 fine.
Iowa Bill To Limit Eminent Domain Advances
Joe Rogan is being accused of not letting a legendary athlete appear on his podcast. The longtime MMA analyst and comedian hosts "The Joe Rogan Experience," which is arguably the biggest podcast in the world (when Travis and Jason Kelce aren't discussing Taylor Swift on their "New Heights" podcast, ...
Iowa lawmakers advance bill to ban mRNA vaccines
Another bill would ban public universities from making "critical race theory" courses a graduation requirement.
Bill would ban mRNA vaccines in Iowa
A bill to make it a crime to administer mRNA vaccines in Iowa — like the Moderna and Pfizer COVID shots — has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. However, the bill’s sponsor plans to adjust the legislation and instead give Iowans a route to sue mRNA vaccine manufacturers.
Iowa Senate Republicans advance bill that would ban mRNA vaccine administering in the state
Secretary of State Marco Rubio threw a tantrum in an interview with ABC News after This Week presenter George Stephanopoulos claimed the Trump administration had “taken steps to placate Putin.” Rubio was fuming as he dodged questions from Stephanopoulos and made an eyebrow-raising comparison between the war in Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East.
Gene-Based Vaccines Could Be Banned in Iowa Under New Bill
If passed, anyone who provides or administers a gene-based vaccine to another person would face a penalty of $500 per ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds would get a $100K raise under an Iowa bill. Who else would get a boost?
A bill in the Iowa Senate would raise the pay for Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa lawmakers, and other statewide elected officials ...
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Vaccine manufacturers would lose federal legal protections against lawsuits in Iowa under proposed bill
Federal legal protections added in the 1980s to shield vaccine manufacturers from most lawsuits would be waived any time a ...
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Politics Notebook | Iowa lawmakers advance bill to expand Secretary of State’s effort to root out noncitizen voters
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would codify Secretary of State Paul Pate’s plan to root out noncitizen voters ...
Iowa bill to ban minors from drag shows advances Tuesday; Theater concerned about impacts
A bill that would make it a felony to take minors to drag shows in Iowa has moved forward unanimously in the legislature. The bill prohibits ...
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Iowa House and Senate split on bill prohibiting unauthorized camping on public property
Legislation in the Iowa House and Senate would prohibit unauthorized camping on public lands, a move advocates for people ...
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Iowa House advances bill to provide free pads and tampons in school bathrooms
Students in 6th-12th grade could have access to free period products in school bathrooms under a bill advanced by the Iowa ...
Iowa bill asks vaccine manufacturers to waive indemnity against injury lawsuits
The Iowa Senate bill alters a proposal that would have penalized administering gene-based vaccines including the COVID-19 ...
Iowa House amends drag show bill to target 'obscene performances,' drop felony penalty
House lawmakers amended the proposal that originally targeted drag shows. It now makes it a misdemeanor to take minors to an "obscene performance." ...
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Bill requiring Iowa law enforcement partner with ICE tabled
A bill that would have required local police to partner with federal immigration enforcement activities has been tabled and ...
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Iowa lawmakers don’t want to miss out on the next ‘Caitlin Clark’
What if the next Caitlin Clark gets away from Iowa because our schools are handcuffed?” That question has motivated one Iowa ...