From Jan. 8 through April 20, the Iowa House and Iowa Senate voted on, or passed, bills pertaining to: an overhaul of the state s Area Education Agencies, income tax cuts,
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School choice was on the ballot in the Iowa Republican primaries last week, and it won. It’s the latest in a series of state primaries where school choice has been emerging as a litmus-test issue for GOP primary voters. Iowa stands out as a bellwether because of the high-profile battle over school choice between Gov. Kim Reynolds a rising leader in the GOP who was recently tapped to respond to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address and fellow Republican lawmakers in the statehouse.
School choice won big in Iowa primaries with eight of nine challengers unseating opponents. Gov. Reynolds showed Republicans voters care about the issue.