Republicans have retained a seat in the Iowa House vacant since January after former Rep. Martin Graber unexpectedly died of a heart attack. Republican Blaine Watkins, a legislative aide to Sen.

JANET METCALF REPRESENTED POLK COUNTY AT THE IOWA HOUSE FROM 1985 TO 2003. SHE WAS A PRO-CHOICE REPUBLICAN WHO SPENT MUCH OF HER CAREER ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SAID IN A ...

Republican Blaine Watkins is the newest member of the Iowa House of Representatives after winning a special election Tuesday to fill Rep. Martin Graber's vacant seat. Graber unexpectedly died of a ...

Republicans on an Iowa House Subcommittee have voted to require that Deere & Co. return half of the lucrative state tax credit it received for research activities in 2024, due to what the bill ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - Wednesday, lawmakers in the Iowa House passed a bill requiring the medical school at the University of Iowa to admit a certain number of ...

Iowa House Republicans will maintain their 67-seat majority at the Statehouse after a special election Tuesday . Voters in southeastern Iowa elected Republican Blaine Watkins to represent Iowa ...

Iowa school boards could decide to let eighth graders play high school sports *during the school year* under a bill that’s passed the House. Representative Skyler Wheeler of Hull is the bill’s ...

One way Iowa is addressing the shortage is by filling in public defense gaps by appointing contract attorneys to represent those who cannot afford legal representation. The sponsor of House File ...

At least 80% of people accepted to the University of Iowa’s medical and dentistry programs would have to have an Iowa connection under a proposal passed by the Iowa House. The bill would also ...

Protesters gathered in the rotunda at the Iowa Capitol Feb. 24, 2025, to demonstrate against a bill that would remove antidiscrimination protections for transgender people from the Iowa Civil ...