Iowa Republicans say anti-racial profiling bill appears dead for the year, but pro-police measures still alive Ian Richardson and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
Gov. Reynolds will introduce a bill to protect law enforcement and ban racial profiling
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Iowa lawmakers are not moving forward this year with Gov. Kim Reynolds proposal to ban racial profiling by law enforcement, even as they advance several pro-police measures Reynolds had put forward as part of the same bill.
The fragmentation of Reynolds proposal shows the divides among Republicans, Democrats and civil rights and law enforcement groups on how to move forward to address policing following last summer s pleas for racial justice. In June, as protests were nightly occurrences across Iowa and the nation, the Legislature came together to unanimously pass a bill to curb police misconduct.
Kim Reynolds says she hopes her criminal justice bill will bring people together but critics abound Stephen Gruber-Miller and Ian Richardson, Des Moines Register
Gov. Reynolds will introduce a bill to protect law enforcement and ban racial profiling
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The Republican governor s follow-up proposal, released on Tuesday, is not receiving that universal acclaim.
Republicans are enthusiastic about parts of the bill, including increased penalties for assaulting police officers and cutting off state funding for cities that cut their police budgets. Meanwhile, some Democrats and civil rights groups, which have pushed for adding a ban on racial profiling in state law, are dismayed to see that measure combined with beefed up criminal penalties and punishment for cities.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law requiring schools to offer 100% in-person learning option Ian Richardson, Des Moines Register
Watch: Gov. Reynolds signs bill requiring schools to offer 100% in-person learning
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Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a requirement Friday morning for Iowa schools to give parents the option to send their children to school five days a week. It s time to put local control into the hands of parents, where it belongs, so that they can choose what s best for their children, she said before signing the bill, surrounded by a small group that included state legislators, parents and students. She signed it at a state Capitol event, just hours after both chambers of the Iowa Legislature approved it Thursday.