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The Iowa House of Representatives on Feb. 2 voted 82 to 10 in favor of legislation introduced by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in January that aims to increase consumer access for higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel.
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Racial justice advocates held protests in the Iowa Capitol in June 2020.
It’s been a year since Iowans filled the streets of cities across the state to protest George Floyd’s murder by a police officer
. They called for changes to prevent police violence and to fix problems like the state’s severely disproportionate incarceration of Black residents.
As part of a series on what’s changed in the last year, Iowa Public Radio looked back at how the state legislature has responded to calls for racial justice.
Natalie Krebs Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a police accountability bill into law in June 2020.
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The Iowa Statehouse. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Nearly three weeks into overtime and after three back-to-back nights of debate, Iowa’s 2021 legislative session is over.
House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, told reporters early Thursday he wasn’t sure yet what Republicans would focus on next session, though he listed broadband and child care as issues that still needed work. He also said the proposed transgender sports ban, as proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, would be “part of the conversation between now and next session.”
The Legislature will return for a special session, tentatively in August, to deal with redistricting, Grassley said. Normally, the Legislature would have handled that once-a-decade task during regular session, but the U.S. Census Bureau’s data was delayed.