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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Iowa GOP advances bill to legalize anti-trans discrimination
Iowans would be free to discriminate based on "gender identity", marking the first time a state has removed protections from ...
Iowa’s Capitol fills with protesters as lawmakers consider bill removing gender identity protection
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Amid a heavy police presence and hundreds of vocal protesters, Iowa lawmakers on Thursday considered ...
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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 ...
Protester dragged from Iowa Senate; 98% of public comments were against anti-trans bill
A protester was dragged out of state Senate chambers just after lawmakers voted to pass a bill stripping gender identity protections from Iowa's Civil Rights Ac ...
Iowa Democrats want to address childcare crisis but the GOP would have to pick it up
Iowa House Democrats and minority leader jennifer konfrst holding a meeting to discuss what they say is a child care crisis here in iowa.They outlined their pro ...
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Gender identity bill: Don't be silent on Iowa's attempt to slash civil rights | Opinion
Local and business leaders must speak out about the harm legislators are trying to inflict, write advocates Jeremy Weiss and Bethany Snyder.
Thousands pack Iowa Capitol as final votes near to end gender identity as a civil right
Protesters filled the Iowa Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers prepared for final votes on a bill removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.