Over fierce objections, Iowa GOP moves closer to ending trans civil rights protections
Iowa Republicans are moving closer to removing gender identity from Iowa's civil rights law as transgender Iowans pleaded with them to reconsider.
Iowa lawmakers vote to remove trans people’s civil rights protections
The Iowa Senate and House debated for several hours before passing the legislation overwhelmingly along party lines. The governor is expected to sign the bill.
Iowa lawmakers approve bill removing transgender civil rights protections
If Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) signs the legislation, Iowa will be the first state in the nation to remove explicit protections for transgender people.
Iowa GOP fast-tracks bill ending trans civil rights protection as protesters flood Capitol
House lawmakers on Monday advanced a bill that would remove protections against discrimination for transgender Iowans from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.
Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender identity as a protected class
Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature voted Thursday to remove gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code, sending the first-of-its-kind measure to Gov. Kim Reynolds
Iowa's first & only transgender lawmaker slams bill to strip trans civil rights
From iowa's first and only transgender lawmaker at the state capitol -- hiawatha house rep aime wichtendahl amy wicken-doll says the bill and the discussions su
Iowa passes bill legalizing discrimination against trans people
It pains me to see how the rights of an entire group’s people can be so quickly and easily discarded," the state's only trans lawmaker said.
GOP lawmakers advance bill to strip gender identity protections from Iowa civil rights law
While hundreds of protesters chanted and yelled in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda Monday morning, House Republicans advanced legislation that would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act in an unprecedented move to repeal civil rights protections for transgender Iowans that have been in place for nearly two decades.
Iowa librarians push back on GOP bills as a 'thinly veiled attack on libraries'
"Iowa libraries are slowly losing their local control, year by year," said Sam Helmick, president of the American Library ...
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Iowa’s Miller-Meeks, Hinson, Nunn, Feenstra back House GOP budget resolution
The four Republicans who represent Iowa in the U.S. House have voted for the GOP budget plan that includes an extension of ...
Iowa House bill seeks to limit SNAP purchases, faces backlash over narrow food options
Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill that would limit what foods can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.The proposal ...